Love on a Pillow (1962)
"Le repos du guerrier" (original title)

A young girl rescues a man from a suicide attempt. He turns out to be a sociopath, who begins to take over her life, abusing her both verbally and emotionally, yet she can't seem to tear herself away from him.

Director:

Roger Vadim

Writers:

Roger Vadim, Christiane Rochefort (novel),

Stars:

Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, Jean-Marc Bory

Cast

Cast overview:
Brigitte Bardot	...	Geneviève Le Theil
Robert Hossein	...	Renaud Sarti
Jean-Marc Bory	...	Pierre Leroy
Michel Serrault	...	Varange
Jacqueline Porel	...	Mme. Le Theil, Geneviève's Mother
Jean-Marc Tennberg	...	Coco
Robert Dalban	...	Police Sergeant
Ursula Kubler	...	Nurse
Christian Melsen	...	Police Inspector
Macha Méril	...	Raphaële (as Macha Meril)
James Robertson Justice	...	Katov, Sculptor

Storyline

When the Parisian bourgeois Geneviève Le Theil travels to Dijon to resolve outstanding subjects in the inheritance left by her wealthy aunt, she mistakenly opens the door of another room in the hotel, finding a suicidal near death on the bed. Later Geneviève goes to the hospital and is introduced to Renaud Sarti, the nihilistic alcoholic vagrant she saved. Geneviève falls in love for Renaud and brings him to her apartment in Paris, initiating a destructive, masochistic and corrupt relationship with the abusive man.

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Plot Keywords:

paris france | free | jealousy | female nudity | dispute | 

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Taglines:

IN GLAMOROUS COLOR

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Genres:

Romance | Drama

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

5 September 1962 (France)

Also Known As:

Love on a Pillow

Filming Locations:

Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Francos Films, Incei Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Sound System)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Ta kokkina fanaria (1963)

User Reviews

schizophrenic

This film's interest lies less in its indifferent, sweetly bourgeois bourgeois-baiting, than in its dramatisation of Vadim's mind, his sense of power in having 'created' Bebe; his emasculation as she transcended and abandoned him. This schizophrenia is given the revenge treatment here as Bardot navigates a liberating plot, eventually escaping stifling social respectability and imperiously mastering sadistic lover. This is filmed, however, in a fetishistic way, diminishing her sexual power, while leaving her nakedly vulnerable to the masculine gaze.