Brigitte Bardot, star of her film “Le Mépris”, pays her a poetic tribute on Twitter

Reacting to the death of Jean-Luc Godard, the legendary actress posted a moving photo of herself and the Franco-Swiss filmmaker.

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“And Godard created Contempt and it was out of breath that he joined the firmament of the last great star creators…”, tweeted on Tuesday without further comment Brigitte Bardot, 87, in tribute to the genius filmmaker whose death was announced on Tuesday, September 13. His tweet, which alludes to cult films by Jean-Luc Godard, is illustrated by a black and white photo where we see the two icons entwined descending a staircase, certainly at the time of the filming of the film. Contempt. With this film made in 1963, Godard offered Bardot one of his greatest roles.

Jean-Luc Godard had hired Brigitte Bardot to share the poster with Michel Piccoli in Contempt, Franco-Italian anthology feature film adapted from the eponymous novel by Alberto Moravia. In this film that has become a legend of world cinema, Godard offered the actress a dreamlike scene and mythical lines with her partner, lulled by the sublime Camille’s Theme by Georges Delerue: “Do you see my behind in the mirror? – Yes… Do you find my buttocks pretty? – Yes, very…”. At the end of this dialogue, the character played by Michel Piccoli slips to the woman he loves: “I love you totally, tenderly, tragically.”


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