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France 1956 BB5630 Costume See-through-when-wet dress. Hands-over-breasts and sidetie. Nude. Black strapless maillot. TML. TMLA. Cleavage side. TL. Actions Bardot sits in a wet dress next to the ocean (1), flashes her leg (2), and what is perhaps the most famous scene, reclines on her back in bed with her privates carefully covered by a robe and her breasts obscured by her lover Jean-Louis Trintignant's head (3). The famous still of her nude shows her bare butt and the side of her breast, not much actually, but says a lot about attitude (4, 5). The scenes of her rolling in the mud as her clothes are ripped away from her by Regie Renault have been censored at times (6, 7) and combine sexual passion with an aquatic environs. Bikinis persists into the marketing of the movie as well, including a famous shot that defines the topless bikini with hands across the breasts (8), this one a sidetie to boot. The movie is an international success and it packaging includes see-through (9), corsets (10), and the black strapless maillot (11). Commentary Bardot's first cinema topless is a quick flash of her right breast as she gets out of bed. Her willingness to expose her breasts--and her rear--become a formula for many subsequent films and a challenge to the establishment. Censored in America but left free to explore her sexuality in Europe, Bardot defines a new kind of stardom. Source Publicity pictures and various packaging, widely reproduced from many sources including LoDuca, Ibid; Sean French, Ibid; and the Internet. 11 pictures. |
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