This is How Movies Should Be Made

One of the best films i have seen

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

A rich man by the name of "Eric Carradine" (Curd Jürgens) wants to build a casino but needs the land owned by working class man named "Antoine Tardieu" (Christian Marquand) and his family. As it so happens, both men know a young and attractive woman named "Juliete Hardy" (Brigitte Bardot) who lives life to the fullest and it's because of her wanton disregard for convention that each want her in the worst possible way. Although Juliette loves Antoine and gives serious consideration to running off with him, she accidentally overhears Antoine bragging to a friend that he plans to sleep with her that night and then cast her aside the next morning. To further complicate matters, upon returning home that evening her foster parents tell her that they have decided to return her to the orphanage within a few days because of her flirtatious conduct. So with nowhere else to go she accepts a sudden marriage proposal from Antoine's younger brother "Michel" (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who absolutely adores her. Needless to say, this infuriates Antoine and the rest of the family who don't think very highly of her at all. Not only that but she doesn't change her conduct in the least--which only intensifies the sexual tension for all concerned. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film created quite a stir when it first came out and it's not hard to imagine why as Brigitte Bardot's performance was absolutely sensational. Having said that, however, I don't think the overall drama was nearly as sharp as it could have been. Additionally, I think it is only fair to say that this film's subject matter pales in comparison to other movies of this type today and with that in mind I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.

I would have done the same, as a woman, and I did. And now I see I have to add lines to total 10. Well, Curt Jurgens comes to mind. He is magnificent. I don't remember even Brigitte in that film, Curt was such a marvelous actor. Have I completed my 10 lines, IMDb? NO? Brigitee B. became an animal activist after her au Francaise looks faded. I will give her that - at least she found animals were worth saving. Still no 10 lines, IMDb? Brigitte was quite lovely but I'm not sure she ever had the capacity to act. Just to photograph well. Still not enough, IMDb? Now I ramble. But that movie with Brigitte was classic and some of the men in it were sensational. As for Brigitte? Well she did the best she could with what she had to work with. BOYD

'Et Dieu ... crea la femme' (= French for 'And God created woman') is the film that catapulted Brigitte Bardot to world fame.Originally issued in France, 'Dieu' didn't do much. Thereafter it was sold to the USA, where - to everyone's surprise - it hit like an atomic bomb. Attracting packed houses all over the place, getting businessmen to marvel at BB's most seductive performance ever.Now, more than fifty years later, 'Et Dieu ... crea la femme' may be qualified as a mediocre but entertaining French fifties-film. With nice coloring and a consistent story.Its immortality, however, is guaranteed by Brigitte Bardot as the orphan-girl Juliette. Her message is simple: Paradise is just around the corner. Transferred to you in a truly devastating way, never equaled before or since.

"And God Created Woman," the movie that proved that men would see subtitled films if Brigitte Bardot was the star, is far from being a masterpiece, but it worked as cheap entertainment in the '50s, and still does today. Bardot's charms are on full display here: pouty mouth, tiny waist, and the "feet of a queen" despite her walking around barefoot all the time.The plot is pretty standard-issue for a tawdry little melodrama. Juliette (Bardot) is an oversexed foster child in St-Tropez, flirting with a suave millionaire (Curd Jürgens) and yearning for handsome local-boy-made-good Antoine (Christian Marquand), who rejects her. In order to avoid being sent back to the orphanage, she marries Antoine's shy younger brother Michel (Jean-Louis Trintignant), and events proceed from there without many surprises.The sexual and racial politics of the movie are terribly retrograde: Juliette's dancing to African mambo music signifies her descent into depravity, and the movie suggests that Michel needs to learn to "control" his wayward wife. The first half of the movie makes some efforts to establish Juliette as a sympathetic character--she loves music and animals, she won't deal with people who dislike her--but by the end, she is demonized as a woman who will drive men to their doom.Bardot is charismatic and has at least one terrific scene where she defies her husband's family, but the other actors don't do much with their roles. The lovely cinematography captures St-Tropez before it became a fashionable resort, and the oh-so-'50s jazz soundtrack is fun. Moreover, despite the plot's datedness and predictability, it's enjoyable to spend 90 minutes with an audacious melodrama, and to see why it caused such a fuss 50 years ago.