Leo Barraclough International Features EditorAlain Berliner, who directed the BAFTA-nominated and Golden Globe-winning “Ma vie en rose,” is in pre-production on feature documentary “Bardot,” about French actor, singer and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot.
Bardot is giving the project her full support, and will narrate the film herself.“Bardot” is produced by Julien Loeffler, James Kermack and James Barton-Steel at Featuristic Films (“Laurent Garnier: Off the Record,” “Afghanistan”), teaming with Nicolas Bary (“Trouble at Timpetill,” “Little Spirou”) at TimpelPictures.
They have released an exclusive first look image from the film.The film will offer Bardot an opportunity “to speak openly about her life and revisit some of the issues she feels passionately about,” such as women’s place in society, animal welfare, deforestation and global warming, according to a statement from the producers.
It will contain never seen before archive film and photos, as well as music from the 1950s and 1960s. Bardot started her acting career in 1952, and achieved international recognition for her role in “And God Created Woman” in 1956.
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