The Female (1959)
"La femme et le pantin" (original title)

Director:

Julien Duvivier

Writers:

Julien Duvivier, Marcel Achard (screenplay),

Stars:

Brigitte Bardot, Antonio Vilar, Lila Kedrova

Cast

Credited cast:
Brigitte Bardot	...	Eva Marchand
Antonio Vilar	...	Don Matteo Diaz
Lila Kedrova	...	Manuela
Daniel Ivernel	...	Berthier
Darío Moreno	...	Arabadjian
Michel Roux	...	Albert
Jacques Mauclair	...	Stanislas Marchand
Jess Hahn	...	Sidney
Espanita Cortez	...	Maria Teresa
Claude Godard	...	Mercedes
Rivers Cadet	...	Man in Bus
Germaine Michel	...	Woman in Bus
Dominique Zardi	...	Sailor
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Betty Beckers
Denise Carvenne

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

jealousy | dance | based on novel

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Taglines:

In Her Hands Men Were Puppets...Loving Her Was Like Walking Blindfolded Into a Jungle!

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

4 March 1959 (Italy)

Also Known As:

The Female

Filming Locations:

Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dear Film Produzione, Gray-Film, Progéfi

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) (USA release) Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of The Lady's Puppet (1946)

User Reviews

When Bardot made puppets out of men !

She is a good looking bimbo from a family with no history, he is a high class aristocrat... a bit dour... He loves her for what she offers : her charming looks but she wants him for more that a night shift...

BB will play with her puppet until he is tired and surrenders to her. Women have their ways !

An enjoyable movie about intelligent men who turn stupid in front of apparently, but only apparently, stupid women.

Good actors and Spain as a backdrop (unusual). If God already had created Woman, he probably created Man after her.