Paris, France, Dec 28, 2025 (AFP) - The film that created the Bardot 'sex kitten' myth

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2025-12-28

Her hair was a wild mess and her skirt slit to the waist, but the mambo dance that Brigitte Bardot performed in "And God Created Woman" became an overnight sensation in the staid 1950s. Bardot created a "sex kitten" myth that outraged French censors. The scene, both innocent and provocative, was the embodiment of a looming sexual revolution. It was one Bardot, who has died aged 91, never lived down nor really sought to. Shot in 1956 in Saint-Trop......

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