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Women (1969 film)

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Les Femmes
French theatrical release poster
Directed byJean Aurel
Written by
Produced byRaymond Danon
Starring
CinematographyClaude Lecomte
Edited byAnne-Marie Cotret
Music byLuis Fuentes Jr.
Production
companies
  • Lira Films
  • Ascot-Cineraid
Distributed byProdis
Release dates
  • 7 November 1969 (1969-11-07) (France)
  • 21 January 1970 (1970-01-21) (Italy)
Running time
86 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
LanguageFrench

Women (French: Les Femmes; U.S.: The Vixen) is a 1969 sex comedy film co-written and directed by Jean Aurel, starring Brigitte Bardot and Maurice Ronet. It recorded admissions of 505,292 in France.[1]

Cast

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Censorship

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When Les Femmes was first released in Italy in 1970, the Committee for the Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities rated it as VM18: not suitable for children under 18. In order for the film to be screened publicly, the Committee imposed the following modifications: 1) Delete the naked scenes of Marianne lying in bed; 2) Reduce the sequence of the sexual intercourse between Jerome and Marianne who are naked; 3) Reduce the final sequence of the sexual intercourse between Jerome and Clare in order to avoid scenes in which she is naked and scenes of lustful caresses.[2] The reason for the age restriction, cited in the official documents, is that: even after the cuts, the movie is still imbued with eroticism and it is inappropriate to the sensitivity of a minor.[3] The official document number is: 55377, it was signed on 20 January 1970 by Minister Domenico Magrì.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Box office information for film at Box Office Story
  2. ^ Italia Taglia Database of the documents produced by the Committee for the Theatrical Review of The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, from 1944 to 2000.
  3. ^ Italia Taglia Database of the documents produced by the Committee for the Theatrical Review of The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, from 1944 to 2000.
  4. ^ Italia Taglia Database of the documents produced by the Committee for the Theatrical Review of The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, from 1944 to 2000.
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