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Viva Maria

Play trailer Poster for Viva Maria 1965,  1h 59m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 60% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 49% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
60% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 49% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Gorgeous IRA operative Maria (Brigitte Bardot) flees the British authorities and finds herself in Mexico, where she meets a stunning woman also named Maria (Jeanne Moreau), a singer in a traveling circus. The new friends start a vaudeville act — one that grows exponentially more popular after they incorporate striptease into their routine. When the singer Maria falls for a charismatic Mexican rebel, the girls leave the circus behind and recreate themselves as wild-eyed revolutionaries.

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Variety Staff Variety Feb 23, 2012
[Viva Maria!] has B.B. in her best form since And God Created Woman, and brilliantly matched by Jeanne Moreau. They are backed by a rollicking, comic adventure opus impeccably brought off by director Louis Malle. Go to Full Review
Pauline Kael McCall's Sep 20, 2023
Parts of it are so badly miscalculated, so lacking in timing and rhythm and point, that you hate yourself even for sitting there. But when it’s good, it’s really lovely. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Mar 20, 2011
C+
One of Louis Malle's strangest, most eccentric films, this satire of political revolutions is visually spectacular, pairing France's two most popular stars: Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau. Go to Full Review
Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Dec 21, 2009
Suggests David Lean on a steady diet of chiclets Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Nov 2, 2007
C+
It's a ludicrous commercial film that's about as empty as most costume extravaganzas, but because it's so genial has crowd-pleasing appeal. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Louis Malle

Director

Brigitte Bardot

Maria I

Jeanne Moreau

Maria II

George Hamilton

Flores

Gregor von Rezzori

Diogène

Paulette Dubost

Mme Diogène

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Viva Maria

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Synopsis Gorgeous IRA operative Maria (Brigitte Bardot) flees the British authorities and finds herself in Mexico, where she meets a stunning woman also named Maria (Jeanne Moreau), a singer in a traveling circus. The new friends start a vaudeville act — one that grows exponentially more popular after they incorporate striptease into their routine. When the singer Maria falls for a charismatic Mexican rebel, the girls leave the circus behind and recreate themselves as wild-eyed revolutionaries.
Director
Louis Malle
Producer
Oscar Dancigers
Screenwriter
Louis Malle, Jean-Claude Carrière
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
Vides Cinematografica, Les Productions Artistes Associés, Nouvelles Éditions de Films [fr]
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 18, 1965, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 16, 2017
Runtime
1h 59m
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