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The Bear and the Doll movie storyline. Cellist Gaspard is living in a big house in the country with his son and three nieces. He likes being quiet. One day, his modest car bumps into a Rolls-Royce, driven by Felicia, a young, beautiful, wealthy and temperamental woman. And she knows it. She is very angry at him because he seems not to be under her charm. She decides to seduce him, but Gaspard did not feel like letting his life being invaded by such a woman.
The Bear and the Doll (original title: L’Ours et la Poupée) is a 1970 French film directed by Michel Deville and starring Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Daniel Ceccaldi, Georges Claisse, Patrick Gilles, Julien Verdier, Claude Beauthéac, Jean Lescot, Olivier Stroh, Patricia Darmon and Sabine Haudepin.
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.
The New York Times said 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.”
The Bear and the Doll (1970)
Directed by: Michel Deville
Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Daniel Ceccaldi, Georges Claisse, Patrick Gilles, Julien Verdier, Claude Beauthéac, Jean Lescot, Olivier Stroh, Patricia Darmon, Sabine Haudepin
Screenplay by: Nina Companeez, Michel Deville
Production Design by: Claude Pignot
Cinematography by: Claude Lecompte
Film Editing by: Nina Companeez
Costume Design by: Gitt Magrini
Music by: Eddie Vartan
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures (United States)
Release Date: February 4, 1970 (France)
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