Women (1969 film)

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Les Femmes
Les Femmes film poster.jpg
French theatrical release poster
Directed by Jean Aurel
Written by
Produced by Raymond Danon
Starring
CinematographyClaude Lecomte
Edited byAnne-Marie Cotret
Music byLuis Fuentes Jr.
Production
companies
  • Lira Films
  • Ascot-Cineraid
Distributed byProdis
Release dates
  • 7 November 1969 (1969-11-07)(France)
  • 21 January 1970 (1970-01-21)(Italy)
Running time
86 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
LanguageFrench

Women (French: Les Femmes; U.S.: The Vixen) is a 1969 sex comedy film co-written and directed by Jean Aurel, starring Brigitte Bardot and Maurice Ronet. It recorded admissions of 505,292 in France. [1]

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Censorship

When Les Femmes was first released in Italy in 1970, the Committee for the Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities rated it as VM18: not suitable for children under 18. In order for the film to be screened publicly, the Committee imposed the following modifications: 1) Delete the naked scenes of Marianne lying in bed; 2) Reduce the sequence of the sexual intercourse between Jerome and Marianne who are naked; 3) Reduce the final sequence of the sexual intercourse between Jerome and Clare in order to avoid scenes in which she is naked and scenes of lustful caresses. [2] The reason for the age restriction, cited in the official documents, is that: even after the cuts, the movie is still imbued with eroticism and it is inappropriate to the sensitivity of a minor. [3] The official document number is: 55377, it was signed on 20 January 1970 by Minister Domenico Magrì. [4]

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References

  1. Box office information for film at Box Office Story
  2. Italia Taglia Database of the documents produced by the Committee for the Theatrical Review of The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, from 1944 to 2000.
  3. Italia Taglia Database of the documents produced by the Committee for the Theatrical Review of The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, from 1944 to 2000.
  4. Italia Taglia Database of the documents produced by the Committee for the Theatrical Review of The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, from 1944 to 2000.