Please, Not Now!
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Please, Not Now!
Please, Not Now! (original French
title La Bride sur le cou, is a French
comedy film released in 1961, directed by Roger Vadim
(And God Created Woman
).
was cast as Bardot’s fraught suitor in the role that made him famous.
Sophie is not content with the status quo in her relationship with high-flying reporter boyfriend Philippe (Jacques Riberolles), but she is even less impressed when wealthy American girl Barbara (Josephine James) threatens to steal him from her. She resolves to win Philippe back or murder her rival, and enlists her doctor friend Alain to aid her in making him jealous. Sophie and Alain travel from Paris to the ski resorts of Italy to chase Philippe and Barbara, treating us to marvelous French comedy in the mischief that ensues.
Please, Not Now! (original French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
title La Bride sur le cou, is a French
France
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comedy film released in 1961, directed by Roger Vadim
Roger Vadim
Roger Vadim was a French screenwriter, director, and producer as well as a journalist, author and actor, who launched Brigitte Bardot's career in the film And God Created Woman.-Early life:...
(And God Created Woman
And God Created Woman (1956 film)
And God Created Woman is a French drama film directed by Roger Vadim and starring Brigitte Bardot. Though by no means 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...
).
Synopsis
Brigitte Bardot plays Sophie, a young model who discovers her boyfriend is thinking of leaving her for another woman, leading her to plot deadly revenge in this French romantic comedy. Directed by Bardot’s former husband Roger Vadim, the film features a nude dance sequence, which was controversially risqué at the time of the film’s release. Michel SuborMichel Subor
Michel Subor is a French actor who gained fame playing the lover of Brigitte Bardot's character in La Bride sur le Cou .In Hollywood Subor starred in Clive Donner's What's New, Pussycat? and in Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz...
was cast as Bardot’s fraught suitor in the role that made him famous.
Sophie is not content with the status quo in her relationship with high-flying reporter boyfriend Philippe (Jacques Riberolles), but she is even less impressed when wealthy American girl Barbara (Josephine James) threatens to steal him from her. She resolves to win Philippe back or murder her rival, and enlists her doctor friend Alain to aid her in making him jealous. Sophie and Alain travel from Paris to the ski resorts of Italy to chase Philippe and Barbara, treating us to marvelous French comedy in the mischief that ensues.