Ginette Vincendeau analyses Bardot's rise to fame as a highly-acclaimed French international film star and fashion icon from her early days as a fashion model and ballet dancer to her period of 'high stardom' between 1956 and 1960.


A serious and well-researched account of Brigitte Bardot as a movie star and cultural phenomenom.' - Sight & Sound

About the Author
GINETTE VINCENDEAU is Professor in Film Studies at King's College London. Her publications include La Haine (2005), Jean-Pierre
Melville: An American in Paris (2003) and Stars and Stardom in French Cinema (2000). She co-edited The French New Wave: Critical Landmarks (2009) with Peter Graham and, with Alastair Phillips, A Companion to Jean Renoir (2013) and Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood (2006). She is the editor of the Cine-Files French Film Guides series and a regular contributor to Sight & Sound.

Reviews
A serious and well-researched account of Brigitte Bardot as a movie star and cultural phenomenom. -- Sight & Sound



Book Information
ISBN 9781844574926
Author NA NA
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint BFI Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC