The Female (French: La femme et le pantin, lit.'The Woman and the Puppet', Italian: Femmina), released in the United Kingdom and the Philippines as A Woman Like Satan, is a 1959 French-Italian drama film directed by Julien Duvivier. It is the fourth film adaptation of the novel La femme et le pantin by Pierre Louÿs.

La femme et le pantin / Femmina
Directed byJulien Duvivier
Written byJulien Duvivier
Albert Valentin
Jean Aurenche
Screenplay
Marcel Achard
Dialogues
Based onLa Femme et le pantin[1]
by Pierre Louÿs
Produced byChristine Gouze-Rénal
Fred Surin
StarringBrigitte Bardot
CinematographyRoger Hubert
Edited byJacqueline Sadoul
Music byJean Wiener
José Rocca
Release dates
  • 13 February 1959 (1959-02-13) (France)
  • 4 March 1959 (1959-03-04) (Italy)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench
Box office2,453,892 admissions (France)[2]

Plot

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Mateo Diaz is a wealthy gentleman who loves and respects his wife but no longer finds her attractive because she is paralysed. He pursues Eva Marchand but she does not respond to his advances.

Cast

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Production

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Brigitte Bardot wrote in her autobiography that although the crew would call director Julien Duvivier "Dudu," the set was not harmonious. She also described the difficulty of filming in the heat of Seville during the Seville Fair.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "La Femme et le pantin von Pierre Louÿs (e-book download)". Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  2. ^ Box office information for film at Box office story
  3. ^ Extrait de ses mémoires, Initiales BB, Éditions Grasset, Paris, 1996, ISBN 2-246-52601-9
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