Viva Maria! (1965)
Viva Maria! is a 1965 French-language adventure movie directed by Louis Malle, with a running time of 2h. It stars Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau and Paulette Dubost.
1907 Central America: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a performer, and decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, unintentionally invents the striptease and makes the circus famous. Their inadvertent encounter with a socialist revolutionary lands them leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists, and the Church.
Cast
- Brigitte Bardot as Maria I
- Jeanne Moreau as Maria II
- Paulette Dubost as Mrs. Diogène
- Claudio Brook as The Great Rodolfo
- Carlos López Moctezuma as Rodríguez
- Poldo Bendandi as Werther
- George Hamilton as Flores
- Gregor von Rezzori as Diogène
- Francisco Reiguera as Father Superior
- Adriana Roel as Janine
- José Baviera as Don Alvaro
- José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla' as The Dictator of San Miguel