Every day, AlloCiné recommends a film to (re)watch on TV. Tonight: Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot use their charm to overthrow power.
Two years after Le Feu Follet and two years before Le Voleur, Louis Malle brought to life a burlesque comedy, halfway between an action film and a western. Its title? Long live Maria!
Released in cinemas in 1965, this explosive film takes place in the early 1900s, in Central America. Maria 1 is a music hall singer, while Maria 2 is wanted by the police.
When the two women meet, they become inseparable, and form a power duo within a traveling troupe. During an eventful tour, the two artists will find themselves at the head of a real revolution.
In his film, Louis Malle highlights strong women, who are not afraid of anything, not even death. The two Marias, cabaret artists, dance and sing on stage, while brilliantly wielding weapons with a common goal: to overthrow power.
Moreau and Bardot make their revolution!
The two sensual and colorful protagonists are played on screen by two French stars: Brigitte Bardot in the skin of Maria 1, and Jeanne Moreau who lends her features to Maria 2. A pair full of vitality, like this great adventure film!
But it's not just sensuality that is in the spotlight, second-degree humor and action as well. The staging is dynamic, with some burlesque tones. One thing is certain, this female duo is leading the revolution with an iron fist.
Among the highlights of Long live Mary!there are all the guerrilla action scenes, but also the cult sequence in which the two women reinvent striptease.
Jeanne Moreau et Brigitte Bardot undress to the rhythm of the music of Georges Delerue, under the amazed eyes of the conductor, musicians and spectators. Then after a long silence in the room, comes thunderous applause!
Tonight on Arte at 8:55 p.m.
