The Female (1959 film)

The Female (La Femme et le pantin, Femmina), released in the United Kingdom as A Woman Like Satan, is a 1959 French-Italian drama film directed by Julien Duvivier. It is the fourth film adaptation of the novel La Femme et le pantin by Pierre Louÿs.

Plot
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.

Cast

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

Production
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.