The Female (1959 film)

The Female
Theatrical release poster
French	La femme et le pantin
Directed by	Julien Duvivier
Adaptation by	Julien Duvivier Marcel Achard Albert Valentin Jean Aurenche
Dialogue by	Marcel Achard
Based on	The Woman and the Puppet[1] by Pierre Louÿs
Produced by	Christine Gouze-Rénal Fred Surin, Louis Dolivet
Starring	Brigitte Bardot António Vilar Darío Moreno
Cinematography	Roger Hubert
Edited by	Jacqueline Sadoul
Music by	Jean Wiener José Rocca
Production companies	Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma Gray-Film Dear Film Produzione Progéfi
Distributed by	Pathé Films (France)[2] Dear Film (Italy)[3]
Release dates	13 February 1959 (1959-02-13) (France) 4 March 1959 (1959-03-04) (Italy)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French
Box office	2,453,892 admissions (France)[4]

The Female (French: La femme et le pantin, lit. 'The Woman and the Puppet', Italian: Femmina), released in the United Kingdom and the Philippines as A Woman Like Satan, is a 1959 drama film directed by Julien Duvivier. It is the fourth film adaptation of the 1898 novel The Woman and the Puppet by Pierre Louÿs. The film stars Brigitte Bardot and António Vilar, with Darío Moreno.

Mateo Diaz is a wealthy gentleman who loves and respects his wife but no longer finds her attractive because she is paralysed. He pursues Eva Marchand but she does not respond to his advances.

• Brigitte Bardot as Éva Marchand
• António Vilar as Don Mateo Diaz
• Lila Kedrova as Manuela
• Daniel Ivernel as Berthier
• Darío Moreno as Arbadajian
• Jacques Mauclair as Stanislas Marchand
• Jess Hahn as Sidney

Brigitte Bardot wrote in her autobiography that although the crew would call director Julien Duvivier "Dudu", the set was not harmonious. She also described the difficulty of filming in the heat of Seville during the Seville Fair.^[5]

• The Woman and the Puppet (1920)
• The Woman and the Puppet (1929)
• The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
• That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)

• The Female at IMDb