Just look at the summary of the plot:
Two hot showgirls, one of whom - Brigitte Bardot - is a nymphomanic also obsessed with dynamite, lead a revolution to take over the government of a central American country. They also shoot gatling guns and have striptease shows.
It would have been perfect if it was serious (not a comedy), the church agents were violently killed for what they did, and the two girls did not return to Europe.
I think it's a cute movie. BB is a good actress and lovely on the eyes, but me personally--I couldn't get over this young hunk of GEORGE HAMILTON! But yes, I like the movie and she and Jeanne Moreau have good chemistry.
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I totally agree with all of you!
There is onle one BUT...
For me there wasn't enough Brigitte Bardot!
Viva Bardot!
Agreed, great movie. It's as if Luis Bunuel and Frank Tashlin co-directed a spaghetti western. So many great absurd and surreal touches (courtesy of Bunuel collaborator Jean-Claude Carriere, I presume) mixed with the zany gag-oriented comedy that Louis Malle already showed a predisposition for in Zazie dans le metro made for a fantastic, off-putting combination. The movie was just chock full of weird little flourishes and touches, and I really liked the tone up until the end, when I thought for sure Malle and Carriere would have everything end badly for the ladies in front of a firing squad. A downer ending pulling the rug out from under everything would have been a brilliant little flip to curtail some of the wackier aspects. But for whatever reason it just wasn't in the cards (though I'd put money on the assumption that at least Carriere pushed for that). Still, the exploded father superior walking away at the end with his head in his hands was amazing. I'm really surprised this isn't a bit of a cult classic. Bardot's Tarzan-esque vine-swinging should by itself merit a small legion of devoted whackos. Of which I now number.
shareThere were some points in the film where my attention lagged and I thought it more silly than funny but then something would happen to redeem it. I loved the priest apologising for the state of the torture instruments!
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