A Woman Like SatanDirected by Julien Duvivier
Produced by Pathé Distribution, Gray Films , Progefi
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 42 min
French release : 13/02/0159
Production year : 1958
DirectorActorsSynopsis Matteo Diaz is a wealthy gentleman who loves and respects his wife but doesn't find her attractive any longer because she is paralysed. He already has a certain reputation among women. Accordingly he doesn't hesitate to get close to Eva Marchand as soon as he has realised her beauty. But to his surprise she can't be bothered to show any appreciation for his advances. He begins trying to explain and justify his way of life and his interest in her. The more he tries, the harder she makes it on him. Eventually he is so humiliated that even his walk shows he is a broken man and that is the end of story.
Source : Wikipedia About It is the third adaptation of the correspondent classic novel.
At first glance Brigitte Bardot was predestined for this film because for many people she had become downright the incarnation of a femme fatale. Yet for that very reason everybody knows right from the start how the story will end. Eva Marchand walks the streets so proudly and so obviously aware of her attractivity that there is no doubt she knows it too. There is even a scene where a grown man spontaneously kisses her feet and she couldn't be less impressed. She shows just enough reaction to prove that her feet are not wooden. So when the ill-fated Don Matteo Diaz (Antonio Vilar) gets obsessed with her and doesn't even try to hide that, it must become his downfall, for it cannot be any other way. Brigitte Bardot writes in her autobiography the crew used to call the director "Dudu" but despite that their rapport wasn't always perfect during the making of this film. She also stresses how the shooting in Sevilla during the Seville Fair became a hardship because of the heat.
Many critics wrote and still write negative reviews evaluating the film as a disappointment of some degree. Source : Wikipedia Production and distributionAssociate production company : Pathé Distribution, Gray Films , Progefi
Foreign production company : Dear Film
Film export/Foreign Sales : Pathé Distribution
French distribution : Pathé Distribution
Full creditsExecutive Producer : Christine Gouze-Renal
Assistant Directors : Fabien Collin, Alain Gouze
Adaptation/Dialogue Writers : Julien Duvivier, Jean Aurenche, Albert Valentin, Marcel Achard
Author of original work : Pierre Louÿs
Producers : Christine Gouze-Renal, Pierre Cabaud, René Bezard, Louis Dolivet
Screenwriter : Albert Valentin
Director of Photography : Roger Hubert
Sound Recordist : William-Robert Sivel
Camera Operator : Adolphe Charlet
Editor : Jacqueline Sadoul
Music Composer : Jean Wiener
Production Designer : Georges Wakhevitch
Costume Designer : Jacqueline Moreau
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Themes : Love
Production language : French
Nationality : Majority French (France, Italy)
Production year : 1958
French release : 13/02/0159
Runtime : 1 h 42 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 20026
Visa issue date : 16/12/1958
Approval : Unknown
Production formats :
35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
Sound format : Mono
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