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Viva Maria!

  • Film
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Time Out says

Bardot and Moreau in irresistibly carefree mood as a pair of chorines who invent the striptease and become twin inspirations for a Latin American revolution, 1907 vintage. Like Zazie dans le Métro, this is Malle in his freewheeling guise, casually tossing out gags like so many fireworks, and shortly afterwards he embarked for India as a spiritual refresher course in countering the hollowness of commercial film-making. Viva Maria is certainly empty, but fun. A fair percentage of its gags may fall by the wayside (especially if you happen on the English dubbed version), but nothing can dim the pyrotechnics of Henri Decaë's camerawork, which has all the colour and charm of a carnival. And the songs Georges Delerue provides for the two stars in their act are delightful.
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Release Details

  • Duration:120 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Louis Malle
  • Screenwriter:Louis Malle, Jean-Claude Carrière
  • Cast:
    • Jeanne Moreau
    • Brigitte Bardot
    • George Hamilton
    • Gregor Von Rezzori
    • Paulette Dubost
    • Claudio Brook
    • Carlos López Moctezuma
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