Hadn't it been for Brigitte Bardot , Saint-Tropez would have been another season resort among so many others on the French Rivieira.
An English sea resort is deserted ; all the deckchairs are empty and the young man who is in charge of them has a good idea :during the film festival ,a female French actress could attract a lot of people and help the place become a big touristic draw; as BB was unavailable -or probably too expensive - they choose an ersatz ,Françoise ; there's the rub :although she's got a BB hairdo and tries to imitate her swagger ,she's Austrian Marisa Mell who has got no French accent at all and does not utter a single word in her first language : a French actress with un petit je ne sais quoi nohow .Blonde Mylène Demongeot would have been a much better French sex symbol, if they were not able to afford BB...
This black and white film, often recalling burlesque of the silent era ,may disappoint Ken Russel's fans ; one scene,however , may herald his future frenzy: on the screen ,a giant mouth "swallows" all the men in the audience .
An English sea resort is deserted ; all the deckchairs are empty and the young man who is in charge of them has a good idea :during the film festival ,a female French actress could attract a lot of people and help the place become a big touristic draw; as BB was unavailable -or probably too expensive - they choose an ersatz ,Françoise ; there's the rub :although she's got a BB hairdo and tries to imitate her swagger ,she's Austrian Marisa Mell who has got no French accent at all and does not utter a single word in her first language : a French actress with un petit je ne sais quoi nohow .Blonde Mylène Demongeot would have been a much better French sex symbol, if they were not able to afford BB...
This black and white film, often recalling burlesque of the silent era ,may disappoint Ken Russel's fans ; one scene,however , may herald his future frenzy: on the screen ,a giant mouth "swallows" all the men in the audience .