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Plucking the Daisy [VHS]

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Plucking the Daisy is a zany comedy in black and white.

The cast of characters do a fine job. Bardot here looks so very young.This lady always seems to be a joy to watch especially in lighter fare such as this movie. While maybe not one of her sexier performances it is still one of her better overall performances.

Bardot plays the role of a 'good girl' and a rather atypical shy and modest one. She gets into trouble by her own doing and enters an amateur striptease contest to win some much needed cash to bail herself out of her predictament. While other contestants take it all off during the competition, Bardot bares very little at all but still manages to win the contest (first phase).

Other versions of this movie are called Madamoselle Striptease and Please Mr. Balzac. Plucking the Daisy is the film you want to see since it has been digitally restored and is in excellent condition.

While I can't put Plucking the Daisy high on my list of favorite Bardot movies it is nonetheless an eminently watchable and entertaining flick. Those who enjoy wacky type comedies should really enjoy this one.

I first saw this movie when I was ten and it began my lifelong fascination with striptease. But, I had only seen a version (probably trimmed for North America) featuring only partial strip, a version which was later released on video. When I saw the DVD version, my eyes popped out of my head : the contestants performing just before Bardot in the striptease contest were fully nude at the end of their act! It was so unbelievable and unexpected that at first I thought that it was fake, that the remaining clothes had been digitally edited out, but no! As I saw by comparing with the VHS version, those are really different takes on the same scene! And the quality of the transfer is top-notch, much better than on the VHS.

DVD transfer is very good. The images are sharp and clear. This is a black and white picture in French with English subtittles.

Brigitte is wonderful as a runaway school girl gone to Paris to make her fortune. Her misadventures make the storyline but it's pure Bardot so her fans should enjoy this one. Oh yes, there is brief nudity but Brigitte keeps it on which is part of the story. She wins a striptease contest even though her modesty keeps her from "Plucking the Daisy" as the title (American) suggests. This film is about as funny as it can get for American audiences who have to read the subtitles.

Recommended to just about all audiences with a special nod to fans of Bardot.

The story line of this film is an enjoyable vehicle which displays the timeless beauty of Brigitte Bardot. This VHS version is marred, however, by the terrible audio and video quality. 5 Stars for Bardot + 0 Stars for the quality of the tape = 2 Stars. If you are a big fan of Bardot (such as myself) you may want to pick to this up to add to your collection, otherwise buy something else.

Bardot completed her acting apprenticeship by filming Marc Allegret's "En Effeuillant la Marguerite" in 1956...

This film saw Bardot do the famous striptease that, even with a heavy dose of modesty, caused a noisy tumult... Catholic cinematic authorities were horrified by Brigitte's particular style of freedom of expression, and advised against showing the film anywhere...

Bardot soon became a symbol of eroticism incarnate, of pure provocation, and, in the conservative societal atmosphere of the time, synonymous with scandal...

This scandal turned even more explosive when the first film directed solely by Vadim, starring his sizzling young bride, had its premiere...

My dvd version seemed to be edited,hardly any nudity.