And God Created Woman (1956 film)
And God Created Woman (French: Et Dieu... créa la femme) is a 1956 French romantic drama film directed by Roger Vadim in his directorial debut and starring Brigitte Bardot. Though not her first film, it is widely recognized as the vehicle that launched Bardot into the public spotlight and immediately created her "sex kitten" persona, making her an overnight sensation.
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| French | Et Dieu... créa la femme |
| Directed by | Roger Vadim |
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| Produced by | Raoul Lévy |
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| Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
| Edited by | Victoria Mercanton |
| Music by | Paul Misraki |
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| Distributed by | Cocinor |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $300,000 (est.) |
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When the film was released in the United States by Kingsley-International Pictures in 1957, it pushed the boundaries of the representation of sexuality in American cinema, and most available prints of the film were heavily edited to conform with the Hays Code censorial standards. Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich credited it for "breaking French cinema out of U.S. art houses and into the mainstream and thereby inadvertently also paving the way for the takeover in France of the New Wave filmmakers."
An English-language remake also titled And God Created Woman was directed by Vadim and released in 1988.