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The Female (1959 film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = La Femme et le Pantin / Femmina
| image = La_femme_et_le_pantin.jpg
| caption =
| director = Julien Duvivier
| producer = Christine Gouze-Rnal
Fred Surin
| writer = Julien Duvivier
Albert Valentin
Jean Aurenche
Marcel Achard
| based_on =
| starring = Brigitte Bardot
| music = Jean Wiener
Jos Rocca
| cinematography = Roger Hubert
| editing = Jacqueline Sadoul
| distributor =
| released =
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = France
Italy
| language = French
| budget =
| gross = 2,453,892 admissions (France)[http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-brigitte-bardot-c22691591/20 Box office information for film] at Box office story
}}
'The Female' (, ), released in the United Kingdom as 'A Woman Like Satan', is a 1959 French-Italian drama film directed by Julien Duvivier. It is the fourth film adaptation of the novel 'La Femme et le pantin' by Pierre Lous.
Plot
Mateo Diaz is a wealthy gentleman who loves and respects his wife but no longer finds her attractive because she is paralysed. He pursues Eva Marchand but she does not respond to his advances.
Cast
* Brigitte Bardot va Marchand
* Antnio Vilar Don Mateo Diaz
* Lila Kedrova Manuela
* Daniel Ivernel Berthier
* Daro Moreno Arbadajian
* Jacques Mauclair Stanislas Marchand
* Jess Hahn Sidney
Production
Brigitte Bardot wrote in her autobiography that although the crew would call director Julien Duvivier "Dudu," the set was not harmonious. She also described the difficulty of filming in the heat of Seville during the Seville Fair.Extrait de ses mmoires, 'Initiales BB', ditions Grasset, Paris, 1996,
See also
* 'The Woman and the Puppet' (1920)
* 'The Woman and the Puppet' (1929)
* 'The Devil Is a Woman' (1935)
* 'That Obscure Object of Desire' (1977)
References
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