Customer Reviews

Une Parisienne [Region 2]

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Loved this movie. Bardot is a timeless beauty! Story is funny, and Charles Boyer is a great addition. The copy I had was not dubbed but subtitled. Color and quality was great. Highly Recommend!!

Better known to American audiences as La Parisienne (the sanitized English version), Une Parisienne is a charming, delightful romantic comedy. What you will see is classic Brigitte Bardot. Bardot puts forth a great amount of energy in her role which ranks up there with her lively performance in Viva Maria. Bardot at age 23, never looked better or sexier than she does in Une Parisienne.

The color and cinematography in this movie are excellent. This movie doesn't seem to have aged at all. There are a couple of great aerial shots. The widescreen format doesn't reduce the size of the images hardly at all.

This is my favorite Bardot movie - more enjoyable than the more famous and popular And God Created Woman.

Those who have never seen this movie have an opportunity now. Purchase it or rent it if you can and I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

Vadim changed Brigitte's image and way of life from that of the young society beauty he had married to that of a rebellious and challenging teenager of the 1950s...

"Une Parisienne" succeeded in launching her ravishing figure as the teenage goddess, the casual sexuality, the provocative gaiety in confrontation with men...

Charles Boyer -- as Prince Charles -- was the perfect, ideal choice of those magically romantic moments... His deep and vibrant voice spoke a promise of new adventures in love... His deep, wondering eyes bespoke a worldly knowledge untarnished by cynicism... He had the boudoir grace of Valentino without the hysteria or the sometime effeminacy of the great lover... Under Michel Boisrond's direction, Boyer was an old-style romantic without the grand manner...

This movie is fun. How could one hate Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni? She' young and lovely; he's young and handsome. My complaint is that the film is dubbed into English. Though well-done, I soon discovered it when Charles Boyer started to speak, and his splendid voice was not to be heard. If this does not bother you it probably won't amount to a negative. The scenery is good.

By the time Brigitte Bardot made UNE PARISIENNE in 1957, her image as a sex kitten had been well established largely through the international sensation caused by the release of AND GOD CREATED WOMAN the year before. Bardot's new screen persona proved quite adaptable whether it be in a tragedy or a comedy. UNE PARISIENNE offers us a wonderful opportunity to experience a lighter Bardot in all her rapturous, saucy splendor.

Brigitte (a nice touch using her own name), is the prime minister's daughter who marries his chief advisor in order to fix up a "compromising" situation. Her husband, Michel (Henri Vidal), is carrying on a former romance and Brigitte counters by starting a flirtatious relationship of her own with a visiting foreign monarch, played by Charles Boyer.

As Prince Charles, Boyer lends his continental charm to fullest advantage, and his scenes with Bardot are both sexy and funny. The two legendary stars play off of each other extremely well, looking as though they mutually enjoyed their one and only opportunity to work together.

The beautiful location photography in Paris and Nice adds greatly to the pleasure of watching this film.

The quality of this DVD is excellent, obviously having been transferred from a pristine, 35mm Technicolor print. It's in its original French language with optional English subtitles.

UNE PARISIENNE is prime Bardot. She's fresh, fun and looks fabulous.