Et Dieu... créa la femme (1956)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Roger Vadim

Writers:

Roger Vadim (writer) and
Raoul Lévy (writer)

Release Date:

21 October 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

...but the devil invented Brigitte Bardot!

Plot:

In sunny St. Tropez, a young sexpot loves one brother but marries the other.

Plot Keywords:

Rabbit | Marriage Proposal | Orphan | France | Saint Tropez

Cast

Brigitte Bardot	...	Juliete Hardy
Curd Jürgens	...	Eric Carradine (as Curd Jurgens)
Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Michel Tardieu
Jane Marken	...	Madame Morin (as Jeanne Marken)
Jean Tissier	...	M. Vigier-Lefranc
Isabelle Corey	...	Lucienne
Jacqueline Ventura	...	Mme Vigier-Lefranc
Jacques Ciron	...	Le secrétaire d'Eric
Paul Faivre	...	M. Morin
Jany Mourey	...	Le déléguée de l'évêché
Philippe Grenier	...	Perri
Jean Lefebvre	...	L'homme qui veut danser (as Jean Lefèvre)
Leopoldo Francés	...	Le danseur (as Leopoldo Frances)
Jean Toscano	...	Rene (as Toscano)
Marie Glory	...	Mme. Tardieu (as Mary Glory)

Also Known As:

...And God Created Woman (USA)
And Woman... Was Created (UK)
E Dio creò la donna (Italy)
Piace a troppi (Italy)

Runtime:

95 min | USA:90 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:PG (video release) | UK:X (original rating) | Germany:12 (TV re-rating) | West Germany:18 (original rating) (1957) | Finland:K-16 | Hong Kong:IIA | Sweden:15 | USA:PG (1978)

Filming Locations:

2 rue de Cepoun Louis Sanmartin, Saint-Tropez, Var, France

Company:

Cocinor

Trivia:

This film is generally credited with making St. Tropez a fashionable resort.

Quotes:

[Juliette is sunbathing in the nude]
Eric Carradine: Ah! The Garden of Eden in Saint-Tropez!
Juliete Hardy: Monsieur Carradine! And I suppose you are the Devil?
Eric Carradine: Perhaps so. I've brought the apple anyway.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Cheers: And God Created Woodman (#6.14)" (1988)

Soundtrack:

Mon coeur éclate

Extremely Sexy and Ahead of Time

In St. Tropez, the orphan Juliete Hardy (Brigitte Bardot) is an eighteen years old woman sexually active and ahead of time, strongly desired by the wealthy middle age man Eric Carradine (Curd Jurgens). She has a crush on Antoine Tardieu (Christian Marquand), the older son that works in Toulon of a poor family that owns a modest shipyard, but he just want to have one nightstand with her. When Juliete's stepparents decide to send her back to the orphanage because of her bad reputation in the town, Antoine's brother Michel Tardieu (Jean-Louis Trintignant) proposes to marry her and she accepts, and she begins to love him. But when the Tardieu family decides to sell the shipyard to Eric and Antoine returns to St. Tropez, her lust for him blossoms again and becomes an announced tragedy.

This is the first time that I watch "Et Dieu... Créa la Femme" and I found it a surprisingly good movie. The story is extremely sexy and ahead of time, and works mainly because of the extremely beautiful and sensual Brigitte Bardot. Her sensuality and eroticism is impressive even in 2007, and I confess that I felt in love for her. The IMDb Tagline "...but the devil invented Brigitte Bardot!" is amazing, certainly one of the best I have ever read in this outstanding site. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "…E Deus Criou a Mulher" ("…And God Created the Woman")