Viva Maria

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Viva Maria!
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Viva Maria!

Directed by
Louis Malle
Produced by
Óscar Dancigers
Written by
Louis MalleJean-Claude Carrière
Starring
Brigitte BardotJeanne Moreau
Music by
Georges Delerue
Cinematography
Henri Decaë
Editing by
Suzanne BaronKenout Peltier
Distributed by
Les Productions Artistes AssociésMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)
December 18 1965
Running time
119 min.
Language
EnglishFrench
Viva Maria! is a 1965 comedy-adventure film starring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau as two women both named Marie (they later become referred to as "Maria") who meet and become revolutionaries in the early twentieth century. It also starred George Hamilton as Florès, a revolutionary leader. Filmed in Eastman Color, it was directed by Louis Malle. The majority of the film was made on location in Mexico. The film was released in both French and an English-dubbed version.
Contents[hide]
1 Plot synopsis
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 Awards
5 Reference
6 External links
[edit] Plot synopsis
It's 1907 in a Central American country called San Miguel. Maria II (Brigitte Bardot), the daughter of an Irish terrorist, meets Maria I (Jeanne Moreau), the singer of a circus. After her father dies, Maria II hides in the circus where she sees Maria I's partner commit suicide after a failed love affair. Both Marias agree to form a theatrical team.
In her debut as a singer Maria II accidentally invents striptease, an action that lets the circus achieve great fame. Shortly afterwards the Marias meet Florès (George Hamilton), a socialist revolutionary. He invites them to join his cause, a revolution against "El Dictador" (José Ángel Espinoza). But Florès is soon shot. On his deathbed he makes them promise to carry through with his cause and they both agree.
The rest of the film concerns the revolution. After Maria I leads her men into an ambush, and Maria II saves them, the women create a peasant army, organizing the countryside into a quasi-Socialist state. There are numerous sight gags and comic actions.
Preparing to take the capital city, the Marias are captured by Catholic churchmen who fear the disorder of a revolution and want to stop the people from treating the women like saints. After a bungled attempt to tickle torture them (the Inquisition's equipment is too old to work well) the Marias are rescued by their victorious army. Finally they move to France, where the circus is recreated as a successful musical version of the revolution. The women now wear dark wigs to look more "Spanish."
[edit] Cast
Brigitte Bardot as Maria I
Jeanne Moreau as Maria II
Paulette Dubost as Mme Diogène
Claudio Brook as The Great Rodolfo
Carlos López Moctezuma as Rodríguez (as Carlos Lopez Moctezuma)
Poldo Bendandi as Werther
Gregor von Rezzori as Diogène (as Gregor Von Rezzori)
Francisco Reiguera as Father Superior
Jonathan Eden as Juanito Diogène
Roberto Pedret as Pablo
José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla' as The Dictator of San Miguel (as José Ángel Espinoza)
George Hamilton as Flores
[edit] Trivia
Dialog is in English, French, Spanish, and Dutch, depending on the actor. The French version includes extensive English subtitles.
The last minute of the movie, with the women singing a Spanish song on stage, was cut from later American releases. MGM Technical Services archivist John Kirk was able to restore this final scene to the DVD release.[1]
[edit] Awards
Both Moreau and Bardot were nominated for Best Foreign Actress at the 1967 BAFTA awards. Moreau won the award.
[edit] Reference
^ DVD Savant: MGM/UA Technical Services rescues an ending for a famous, fun French frolic.
[edit] External links
Viva Maria! at the Internet Movie Database
Allmovies.com
Viva Maria! at the TCM Movie Database
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