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Une Ravissante Idiote (1964)

Comedy | 105 minutes
2,67 12 votes

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 105 minuten

Alternative titles: Bewitching Scatterbrain / Verrukkelijk en Idioot / Adorable Idiot / The Warm-Blooded Spy / Agent 38-24-36 / The Ravishing Idiot / Una Adorabile Idiota

Country: France / Italy

Directed by: Édouard Molinaro

Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Anthony Perkins and Grégoire Aslan

IMDb score: 5,4 (576)

Releasedate: 12 March 1964

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Une Ravissante Idiote plot

"France’s biggest stars together in 1964’s funniest film!"

A Russian spy is in love with a blonde who, after her promotion from seamstress to model, is employed by the minister's wife. Therefore, she is in a position to bring him closer to a secret document, which he must steal.

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Agent 38-24-36

That was the title in the US at the time, and perhaps I should explain this for those who didn't experience the 60s and 70s: those are the measurements of what was considered an 'ideal' woman back then. It is sometimes difficult to recognize amidst all the fuss, whining, and complaining in society, but the fact that we are gradually forgetting such things feels like a sort of victory of thoughtful humanity over cavemen.

The film is perhaps intended as the French answer to The Pink Panther, which came out a year earlier. Just slightly less over the top, but the same kind of corny humor, a similar story, and laced with clichés in the same way—though likely with a fraction of the budget as well. In any case, it couldn't muster any color. Yet apparently, over two million French people flocked to the cinemas for it.

For BB, this film is a sort of return, or is it a regression, to her earlier roles as an innocent and cheerful girl. If she hadn't already shown in films like Le Mepris and La Vérité that she handles much more complex roles and characters very well, you might think that this kind of lighthearted role suited her best, but we know better, and then this kind of step back is somewhat of a disappointment, however nice it is to see her like this.

Besides BB, there is also Anthony Perkins, the actor who became synonymous with Norman Bates. But here he plays a Russian spy in a slapstick comedy, and he does it very well. It is hilarious to hear him babble French with what is supposed to pass for a Russian accent.

Another of the film's gimmicks is the, what do you call it, exaggeratedly boisterous roar of laughter. That doesn't exactly cheer me up either; it is repeated just a little too often.

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