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(aka "Naughty Girl" or "That Naughty Girl" or "Come Dance with Me")

 

Directed by Michel Boisrond
France 1956

 

One-of-a-kind screen legend Brigitte Bardot (Contempt) is at her sauciest as the precocious daughter of a Parisian nightclub owner in the colorful and delightful Naughty Girl (1956). The father is accused of forgery and flees the city, entrusting her care to a playboy lounge singer whose life is soon turned upside-down by Bardot’s unforgettable CinemaScope dance routines. Co-written by her husband Roger Vadim (And God Created Woman), Naughty Girl is one of Bardot’s most purely entertaining romantic comedies.

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Nightclub entertainer Jean Clery discovers too late that the 'baby' he agreed to take care of is a wild, shapely sex kitten.

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Theatrical Release: March 30th, 1956

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Review: Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray

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Distribution Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
Runtime 1:23:23.375        
Video

2.35:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 27,630,398,995 bytes

Feature: 26,796,834,816 bytes

Video Bitrate: 38.93 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate Blu-ray:

Audio

DTS-HD Master Audio French 1560 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1560 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Commentary:

Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Subtitles English, None
Features Release Information:
Studio: Kino

 

2.35:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 27,630,398,995 bytes

Feature: 26,796,834,816 bytes

Video Bitrate: 38.93 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

 

Edition Details:

• Audio commentary by film historian Samm Deighan
• Les Femmes Theatrical Trailer (1:59)


 Blu-ray Release Date: September 3rd, 2024
 Standard Blu-ray Case

Chapters 11

 

 

Comments:

NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (September 2024): Kino have transferred Michel Boisrond's Naughty Girl to Blu-ray. It is on a dual-layered disc with a max'ed out bitrate and is subject to a few inconsistencies of the source where contrast briefly seems compromised a few times. Other than those rare instances it is quite bright and reasonably tight. Textures can seem noisy. Colors, notably reds, are vibrant. It is never dynamically sharp but seems a good reflection of the theatrical roots.

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On their Blu-ray, Kino use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (24-bit) in the original English language. Naughty Girl has no aggressive moments (aside from a man bursting through a door using his head... twice) but there are a few musical numbers with credit to composers Henri Crolla (Os Bandeirantes,) René Denoncin (Le secret d'une mère) and Hubert Rostaing (Les 3 font la paire.) It sounds a shade rough around the edges but authentically flat in the lossless transfer. Kino offer optional English subtitles on their Region 'A'-locked Blu-ray.

The Kino Blu-ray offers a new commentary by film historian Samm Deighan (The Legacy of World War II in European Arthouse Cinema.) She talks about how Naughty Girl straddles the line between 'romantic comedy' and 'musical', that this film was before Bardot's international breakthrough a year or two after, and how it was fairly conventional and mainstream in terms of how it presents her sexuality. Samm sees it has the elements of a screwball musical, talks about Roger Vadim and she always give good commentary and has researched it well. After that is only a trailer for  Naughty Girl and a few related films.

Michel Boisrond's Naughty Girl was his debut feature after working as an apprentice for Jean Delannoy (1954's Obsession with Michèle Morgan and Raf Vallone,) Jean Cocteau (Beauty and the Beast) and René Clair (Beauty of the Devil, I Married a Witch.) Roger Vadim, husband of Bardot and with a writing credit on Naughty Girl, called the movie "a French equivalent of a Doris Day movie but with a bolder, more liberated edge." That's accurate, imo. The Kino Blu-ray shows Brigitte Bardot's photogenic appeal - in a fairly tame way - and the film is amusing enough to be enjoyed. Samm's commentary is a big bonus. Recommended to any keen.

Gary Tooze

 

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