Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman

Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman French Don Juan ou Si Don Juan tait une femme... is a 1973 FrenchItalian drama film by Roger Vadim. It sees Vadim reunite with his leading lady and exwife Brigitte Bardot for their fifth film together. Bardot achieved international stardom and Vadim got his break when he directed her in the 1956 sensation, And God Created Woman. It was her second to last film before retiring.

My attitude to women is accepted today in a way that it wasnt when I started out as director. But today woman overreact they pretend to be free on an intellectual and sexual level but because of our Christian traditions sex is always associated with guilt. Now however its possible for a woman to have the same relationship with sex as a man a man who is a lover can be a Don Juan whereas women like that were always considered whores or femmes faciles. But I think a woman can be free without being a whore. A female Don Juan can exist nowadays without a sense of guilt.Don Juan is the end of a period problems about love and sex, cruelty and romanticism on an aesthetic level and I wanted to finish that period with Brigitte because I started with her as a director And God Created Woman. Underneath what people call the Bardot myth was something interesting, even though she was never considered the most professional actress in the world. For years, since she has been growing older, and the Bardot myth has become just a souvenir, I wanted to work with Brigitte. I was curious in her as a woman and I had to get to the end of something with her, to get out of her and express many things I felt were in her. Brigitte always gave the impression of sexual freedom she is a completely open and free person, without any aggression. So I gave her the part of a man that amused me. ........

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