Mademoilselle Striptease; Please, Mr. Balzac; While Plucking The Daisy

2286.MADEMOISELLE STRIPTEASE (PLEASE! MR. BALZAC) (WHILE PLUCKING THE DAISY) (1956-FRANCE). WITH DANIEL GELIN, BRIGITTE BARDOT. SCENARIO BY ROGER VADIM. OOH LA LA! EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE FRENCH SEX KITTEN, BRIGITTE BARDOT, ADDS PLENTY Of OOMPH TO THIS ALLURING ROMANTIC CONFECTION. ITS SCENARIO OPENS IN THE USUALLY QUIET RESORT TOWN Of VICHY, WHICH LATELY HAS BEEN UPENDED BY AN OUTRAGEOUS TELL-ALL BOOK THAT HAS EXPOSED ALL Of THE LOCAL SCANDALS. THIS “SATIRE Of LIFE IN THE PROVINCES” HAS TITILLATED VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE. ITS ANONYMOUS AUTHOR IS REVEALED TO BE YOUNG AGNES DUMONT (DELECTABLY PLAYED BY BARDOT), AN OTHERWISE NICE GIRL WHO NOW WISHES TO ADD MORE WRITING CREDITS TO HER RESUME. AGNES’ FLUSTERED FATHER WOULD RATHER SEND HER TO A CONVENT. INSTEAD, SHE HEADS OfF TO PARIS. THE CRUX Of THE FILM CENTERS ON AGNES’ ADVENTURES IN THE CITY Of LIGHT. HER PLAN IS TO ROOM WITH HER BROTHER, WHO SHE THINKS IS A SUCCESSFUL PAINTER. HOWEVER, HE PROVES TO BE SOMETHING ELSE ALTOGETHER. THEN THERE ARE THE VARIOUS WOLVES WHO CONSTANTLY ARE IN HER PATH. MOST NOTABLE AMONG THEM IS DANIEL ROY, A NEWSPAPER REPORTER (NICELY PLAYED BY DANIEL GELIN, ONE Of THE FRENCH CINEMA’S TOP LEADING MEN). THE FILM’S HIGHLIGHT IS SURE TO HAVE MALE PULSES POUNDING. IN IT AGNES APPEARS AS “SOPHIA THE NONCHALANT BEAUTY” AND PEELS OfF HER CLOTHES IN A SEMI-COMICAL ROUTINE AT A STRIP CLUB. IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES. 100 MINUTES. ROMANCE DRAMA