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Viva Maria

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Viva Maria (1965)

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Viva Don't Miss It!
Viva Bardot! Viva Moreau! Viva Maria!
Viva Fun! Viva Can-Can! Viva Adventure! Viva Strip Tease! Viva Love! Viva Boom-Boom!

Just in case you can't catch the words above the roar of battle and laughter you can read 'em at the bottom of the screen.

Viva Bardot! Viva Moreau!

Viva Don't Miss It!
Viva Bardot! Viva Moreau! Viva Maria!
Viva Fun! Viva Can-Can! Viva Adventure! Viva Strip Tease! Viva Love! Viva Boom-Boom!
Just in case you can't catch the words above the roar of battle and laughter you can read 'em at the bottom of the screen.
Viva Bardot! Viva Moreau!

Viva Maria! is a 1965 comedy-adventure film starring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau as two women named Maria who meet and become revolutionaries in the early 20th century. It also starred George Hamilton as Florès, a revolutionary leader. It was co-written and directed by Louis Malle, and filmed in Eastman Color. It was released in both French and an English-dubbed version.

Time called it a "jaunty but slipshod farce"; "Having saddled himself with an idea that often seems too silly for words, Director Malle rides to the rescue with more anti-state, anti-church, antedated spoofery than he can gracefully handle. His rhythm is erratic, as though he were trying to make a movie in five or six different styles at the same time, none wholly his own. But even the deadly slow stretches are redeemed by cameraman Henri Decaë, whose breathtakingly sophisticated photography is a show in itself, imperceptibly shaded as the action moves from lush Rousseau tropics to the cabaret scenes that exude a smoky golden haze in which Moreau and Bardot appear like creatures of Lautrec or Degas, ineffably alluring."[8] According to Variety, the film has "B.B. in her best form since And God Created Woman, and brilliantly matched by Jeanne Moreau. They are backed by a rollicking, comic adventure opus impeccably brought off by director Louis Malle."[9]
The film was a box office hit in France with 3,450,559 attendees and grossed $875,000 in rentals in the U.S. and $4,875,000 in rentals worldwide.[citation needed]
In 2010, Viva Maria! was exhibited at the 21st Ankara International Film Festival as part of a "Power and Rebellion" programme.

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