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The Girl in the Bikini

Original title: Manina, la fille sans voiles
  • 1952
  • 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
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Brigitte Bardot in The Girl in the Bikini (1952)
A Parisian student, Gérard Morere, sets off to recover a lost treasure contained in a sunken Phoenician ship near an island off the coast of Corsica. With funds supplied by his fellow students, Gérard convinces a smuggler named Eric (played by Jess Franco favourite Howard Vernon) to be his transportation. Whilst diving for the treasure off the picturesque Lavezzi islands, Gérard gets to know Manina (Brigitte Bardot), the attractive daughter of the local lighthouse keeper...

Notable for being one of Bardot's first on-screen performances, five years before her appearance in And God Created Woman launched her to super-stardom, Manina, The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter is presented here for the first time ever on Blu-ray.
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Gérard, a young student, discovers a fragment from a Phoenician amphora in Corsica. Several years later he sets off on a smuggling boat, looking for the treasure he thinks he has found. When... Read allGérard, a young student, discovers a fragment from a Phoenician amphora in Corsica. Several years later he sets off on a smuggling boat, looking for the treasure he thinks he has found. When he get back to island, he falls in love.Gérard, a young student, discovers a fragment from a Phoenician amphora in Corsica. Several years later he sets off on a smuggling boat, looking for the treasure he thinks he has found. When he get back to island, he falls in love.

  • Director
    • Willy Rozier
  • Writer
    • Willy Rozier
  • Stars
    • Brigitte Bardot
    • Jean-François Calvé
    • Howard Vernon
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    399
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    • Director
      • Willy Rozier
    • Writer
      • Willy Rozier
    • Stars
      • Brigitte Bardot
      • Jean-François Calvé
      • Howard Vernon
    • 10User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Brigitte Bardot
    Brigitte Bardot
    • Manina
    Jean-François Calvé
    Jean-François Calvé
    • Gérard Morère
    Howard Vernon
    Howard Vernon
    • Éric
    Espanita Cortez
    • La Franchucha
    Raymond Cordy
    Raymond Cordy
    • Francis - le barman
    Paulette Andrieux
    Paulette Andrieux
      Henry Djanik
        Jean Droze
        • Un copain de Gérard
        • (as Droze)
        Nadine Tallier
        Nadine Tallier
        • Mathilda
        • (as N. Tallier)
        Maurice Bénard
          Robert Arnoux
          • M. Moulon…
          Irène Hilda
          • Franchucha's singing voice
          Danielle Verne
          • La femme qui se bagarre
          • Director
            • Willy Rozier
          • Writer
            • Willy Rozier
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          • Trivia
            Brigitte Bardot's film debut.
          • Connections
            Featured in The 50th Anniversary of the Bikini (1996)
          • Soundtracks
            Franchucha
            Music by Jean Yatove

            Lyrics by Willy Rozier

            Performed by Irène Hilda

          User reviews10

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          5/10
          If it wasn't for a very young Brigitte Bardot, I doubt if this one would have ever made it to DVD.
          Note: The DVD has significant sound issues at about the 25 minute marks--sounding almost like someone crunching potato chips next to a microphone! Why this occurred and why it was allowed to remain like this on the DVD is a puzzler.

          The story involves a college student following a possible treasure. It seems that years earlier he'd actually gotten a clue as to the treasure but only connected the clue to treasure recently. Once at the island where the treasure might lie, the young man finds the important treasure--sexy Brigitte!

          If Brigitte Bardot had not been in this film, I doubt if it would have ever made it to DVD. It's not it's a bad film--it just isn't all that good a film. Plus, it is a bit dull up until the very good ending. However, a young Bardot DOES star in the film and, as the title character, she runs around in a bikini--and is quite stunning. But she really is NOT the star of the film--just a gorgeous woman showing off her beautiful figure. But, this is the only reason anyone would want to see this listless tale...just d to ogle Bardot and to see her in one of her earliest roles. As for me, however, the beautiful Bardot was a tad unsettling...as I have two daughters the same age she was in the film! Yikes!
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          • Release date
            • October 24, 1958 (United States)
          • Country of origin
            • France
          • Languages
            • French
            • Spanish
          • Also known as
            • Liebesnächte mit Manina
          • Filming locations
            • Iles Lavezzi, Corse du Sud, Corsica, France(lighthouse)
          • Production company
            • Sport-Films
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          • Runtime
            1 hour 16 minutes
          • Color
            • Black and White
          • Aspect ratio
            • 1.37 : 1

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