Don Juan (Or If Don Juan Were a Woman) (1973)

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This campy Roger Vadim film stars sex-kitten Brigitte Bardot as Jeanne, the female counterpart to Don Juan, a woman who is ruthlessly wicked in her pursuit of love and desire. Jeanne confesses murder to a young priest (Mathieu Carriere) who is also her cousin, and after she tells him the story of… More This campy Roger Vadim film stars sex-kitten Brigitte Bardot as Jeanne, the female counterpart to Don Juan, a woman who is ruthlessly wicked in her pursuit of love and desire. Jeanne confesses murder to a young priest (Mathieu Carriere) who is also her cousin, and after she tells him the story of how she has ruined the lives of a long succession of men, she shamelessly seduces the priest as well. Her story told in flashback, Jeanne gets off to a rocky start as an heiress: her father died while cussing her out for her low-down ways. She gets even with each of the men who does her wrong, usually in devastating ways, but in the end, she sacrifices all for love. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 27 min.
Directed By: Roger Vadim
Genres: Art House & International, Drama

In Theaters: Feb 22, 1973 Wide
On DVD: Nov 13, 2001

Critic Reviews

James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk
Vadim plays with the material's tone incessantly, varying from heavy melodrama to campy excess
Gil Jawetz, DVDTalk.com
There is so much posturing and preening in the film it looks like a spoof, sort Not Another French Sex Movie.
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
Fun to watch Bardot strut her stuff