The Bear and the Doll (French: L'Ours et la Poupée) is a 1970 French romantic comedy film directed by Michel Deville, starring Brigitte Bardot and Jean-Pierre Cassel.
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French | L'Ours et la Poupée |
Directed by | Michel Deville |
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Dialogue by | Nina Companeez |
Produced by | Mag Bodard |
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Cinematography | Claude Lecompte |
Edited by | Nina Companeez |
Music by | Eddie Vartan |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | 1,617,853 admissions (France)[1] |
Felicia, a high-spirited woman, crashes her car into that of a Gaspard, a conservative musician and single father. Felicia is frustrated that Gaspard does not find her attractive and sets out to seduce him.
The film was inspired by American screwball comedies of the 1930s and was written with Catherine Deneuve in mind. Alain Delon and Jean Paul Belmondo were offered the male lead but turned it down. Filming took place in the summer of 1969.[2]
Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that "the maneuverings are mostly the tactics of coy moviemaking here involving several awful child actors, windshield wipers that comment on the action, a huge but gentle dog, a Siamese cat named Prudhomme, and endless little rages between the lovers that define their real affection... Charm is the ingredient that is in singularly short supply in The Bear and the Doll, largely, I suspect, because Miss Bardot, once a sex kitten, now approaches middle age with all of the grace of a seasoned predator."[3]
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