And God Created Woman 1988  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Rebecca De Mornay, Vincent Spano, Frank Langella, Donovan Leitch, Judith Chapman, Jaime McEnnan, Benjamin Mouton, Dave Shelley, Einstein Brown, David Lopez
Convict Robin Shay (Rebecca De Mornay) dreams of becoming a rock star. She makes a deal with her lover to gain release from prison and start on her road to success.
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 Barbarella 1968  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea, David Hemmings, Marcel Marceau, Ugo Tognazzi, Claude Dauphin, Veronique Vendell, Serge Marquand, Catherine Chevallier, Marie Therese Chevallier, Joan Greenwood, Antonio Sabata
This story is based on a French comic strip and is set in the 41st century. Barbarella (Jane Fonda) travels into space to find a scientist, Durand Durand (Milo O'Shea), who has developed the ultimate weapon that could destroy the world. While on her mission, Barbarella encounters revolutionary Dildano (David Hemmings), is attacked by killer dolls, meets Professor Ping (Marcel Marceau), and falls in love with blind angel Pygara (John Phillip Law).
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Don Juan 73 1973 R, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Ms. Don Juan
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Maurice Ronet, Robert Hossein, Mathieu Carriere, Jane Birkin, Michele Sand, Antoine Fontaine, Dominique Zardi, Samson Fainsilber, Henri Attal
Jeanne (Brigitte Bardot) is a female Don Juan who pursues love/sex with man after man, leaving ruined lives in her wake. Bardot is fun to watch in one of her later films, but it still drags.
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The Game Is Over 1966  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Jane Fonda, Michel Piccoli, Peter McEnery, Tina Aumont, Jacques Monod, Simone Valerie, Howard Vernon, Douglas Read, Ham-Chau Luong, Germaine Montero
Young Renee (Jane Fonda) lives a life of leisure in the mansion of her older, rich husband, Alexandre (Michel Piccoli). While she enjoys his money, she also enjoys the bed of her stepson, Maxime (Peter McEnery). When Alexandre finds out about the affair, he arranges a marriage between Maxime and another man while ensuring that Renee is cut out of his estate. Based on an Emile Zola novel. Fonda was Vadim's wife at the time.
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La Ronde 1964 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Circle of Love
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Jane Fonda, Maurice Ronet, Jean Sorel, Catherine Spaak, Francine Berge, Anna Karina, Valerie Lagrange, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernard Noel, Marie Dubois, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Dani, Claude Giraud, Alice Cocea, Denise Benoit
This story takes place in Paris just before World War I begins. On the day Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated, a soldier, Georges (Claude Giraud), lusts after and ends up in the bedrooms of a full circle of women–beginning with a prostitute (Marie Dubois), then Rose (Anna Karina), and finally housewife Sophie (Jane Fonda) before ending the circle with the prostitute.
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1959  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Dangerous Liaisons 1960
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Gerard Philipe, Annette Vadim, Jeanne Valerie, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Simone Renant, Boris Vian, Nicolas Vogel, Frederick O'Brady, Gillian Hills, Madeleine Lambert, Paquita Thomas
In this update of Laclos' 18th-century novel, a married couple (Jeanne Moreau and Gerard Philipe) is forever looking for fun, excitement, and sex (with others, but innocent, of course). It does a good job of catching the mood of the late 1950s France and was later remade in the U.S. as "Valmont" (1989) and "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988).
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Love on a Pillow 1962 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Warrior's Rest
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, James Robertson Justice, Macha Meril, Yves Barsacq, Jean-Marc Bory, Jacqueline Porel, Christian Melson, Michel Serrault, Robert Dalban
A young woman, Genevieve (Brigitte Bardot), while in a small town to receive an inheritance, saves alcoholic Renaud (Robert Hossein) from committing suicide. They start a relationship, and his abusive nature starts to show. Though Genevieve loves him, will that be enough in this dysfunctional affair?
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The Night Heaven Fell 1957 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Heaven Fell That Night
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd, Alida Valli, Jose Nieto, Maruchi Fresno, Adriano Dominguez, Jose Marco Davo, Nicolas Perchicot, Cantinflas, Fernando Rey
This is the third Roger Vadim film that stars his (then) wife Brigitte Bardot. A young French woman, Ursula (Bardot), visits her aunt and uncle in Spain where she meets and falls for Lamberto (Stephen Boyd), a good-for-nothing crook. After he kills Ursula's uncle, they take off with the police in pursuit–taking time for plenty of sex.
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Please Not Now! 1961 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jean Aurel, J.D. Trop, Roger Vadim
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Josephine James, Mireille Darc, Edith Zetling, Michel Subor, Jacques Riberolles, Claude Brasseur, Serge Marquand, Jean Tissier, Bernard Fresson
Sophie (Brigitte Bardot), a model, is not at all happy when she finds out that her boyfriend Philippe is cheating on her and decides she will just have to shoot him. But Alain also loves Sophie and tries to talk her out of it and suggests that she try to get Philippe back. When Philippe takes off with his new love (after finding out what Sophie intends), Sophie and Alain take chase. A fair comedy most noted for the "nude" dance by Sophie–though she was really wearing a body sock, with the pictures being shot out-of-focus.
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Spirits of the Dead 1968  R, 117 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Federico Fellini, Roger Vadim, Louis Malle
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Terence Stamp, Vincent Price, James Robertson Justice, Anny Duperey, Salvo Randone, Francoise Prevost, Georges Douking, Umberto D'Orsi, Philippe Lemaire, Renzo Palmer, Daniele Vargas
Three separate stories–"Metzengerstein," "William Wilson," and "Toby Dammit" –by Edgar Allan Poe are each directed by top directors: Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, and Federico Fellini. This film provides enjoyable viewing and lives up to the reputations of both directors and actors involved in the project.
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Two Nights with Cleopatra 1953 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Sophia Loren, Alberto Sordi, Paul Muller, Ettore Manni, Nando Bruno, Alberto Talegalli, Gianni Cavalieri, Ugo D'Alessio, Rolf Tasna, Carlo Dale, Riccardo Garrone, Ughetto Bertucci
One of Queen Cleopatra's (Sophia Loren) games is to make love to a guard and then have the guard executed. But now she has a problem: she wants to be with her true lover, Marc Antony (Ettore Manni), before he heads to war, but there is also a new guard to "take care of." Her solution is to have a slave girl (also played by Loren) pretend to be the Queen. A silly, sex farce.
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| 1. And God Created Woman (1988)
2. And God Created Woman (1956)
3. Barbarella (1968)
4. Don Juan 73 (1973)
aka: Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman
aka: Ms. Don Juan
5. The Game Is Over (1966)
6. La Ronde (1964)
aka: Circle of Love
7. Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1959)
aka: Dangerous Liaisons 1960
8. Love on a Pillow (1962)
aka: Warrior's Rest
9. Night Games (1980)
10. The Night Heaven Fell (1957)
aka: Heaven Fell That Night
11. Please Not Now! (1961)
12. Spirits of the Dead (1968)
13. Two Nights with Cleopatra (1953)
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