Viva Maria (1965)
Release Date: Jan 1, 1965 Wide
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Two of the most beautiful women in the European cinema of the 1960s -- Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau -- team up under the direction of Louis Malle in this engaging comedy/adventure. Maria Fitzgerald O'Malley (Bardot) is the daughter of an Irish political dissident who has traveled to Latin America with her father to take part in an anarchist political uprising. When her father is killed, Maria, left to her own devices, happens upon a traveling circus, where she strikes up a friendship with
Jan 1, 1965 Wide
Apr 12, 2005
United Artists
Cast
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Brigitte Bardot
Maria Fitzgerald O'Mall... -
Jeanne Moreau
Maria I -
George Hamilton
Flores -
Claudio Brook
Rodolfo -
Paulette Dubost
Madame Diogene -
Gregor von Rezzori
Diogene -
Carlos López Moctezuma
Don Rodriguez -
Jose Baviera
Don Alvaro -
Francisco Reiguera
Father Superior -
Adriana Roel
Janine -
Fernando Wagner
Father of Maria II -
Poldo Bendandi
Werther -
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One of Louis Malle's strangest, most eccentric films, this satire of political revolutions is visually spectacular, pairing France's two most popular stars: Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau.
Suggests David Lean on a steady diet of chiclets
It's a ludicrous commercial film that's about as empty as most costume extravaganzas, but because it's so genial has crowd-pleasing appeal.
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Foreign Titles
- Viva Maria! (DE)
- Viva Maria! (UK)
The best that I can guess about this film is that it's a satire of revolutions or revolutionary films. Many of the scenes are so over-blown and beyond practical conception that it's impossible to take them seriously. However, I can't be sure. The satire is far from clear. What is clear is how utterly annoying everything about this film is. The characters are broadly drawn types, the situations are ludicrous, and the attempts at comic bits are as bad as anything I've seen. I found myself counting down the seconds this film had left, and watching it became a chore.
Overall, I hated this film even though there might be a mystery satire somewhere beneath all the bullshit.