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 inEastman 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." 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."
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.
In 2010, Viva Maria! was exhibited at the 21st Ankara International Film Festival as part of a "Power and Rebellion" programme.
Filmado em sua maioria em locações no México, o filme conta a história de Maria II (Bardot), a filha de um terrorista irlandês que acabou de perder o pai, que se encontra com Maria I (Moreau), uma cantora de circo, no interior de um país imaginário da América Latina, em 1907. Maria II resolve fazer parte do circo com Maria I e quando as duas fazem um número de canto, elas acidentalmente inventam o strip-tease, o que torna o circo famoso.
Durante suas aventuras com o circo, acidentalmente elas conhecem um líder revolucionário (Hamilton) socialista e as duas acabam se tornando líderes de uma revolução contra o ditador local, a igreja e o capitalismo. (Wikipedia)
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