Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.
Brigitte Bardot was a French actress, singer and model, and later an animal rights activist. Known by her initials, B.B., she became one of the best-known symbols of the sexual revolution after And God Created Woman made her an international star. She went on to work with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, in Le Mépris, and Louis Malle.
Simone de Beauvoir wrote an essay about her, calling her a locomotive of women's history. She appeared in 47 films before leaving the screen in 1973 to campaign for animals through her own foundation. She also supported far-right views for many years and was fined five times for inciting racial hatred. She died in 2025.
Simone de Beauvoir wrote an essay about her, calling her a locomotive of women's history. She appeared in 47 films before leaving the screen in 1973 to campaign for animals through her own foundation. She also supported far-right views for many years and was fined five times for inciting racial hatred. She died in 2025.
A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.
I leave before being left. I decide.
Every age can be enchanting provided you live within it.
Do you have to have a reason for loving?
Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands.
What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.
I'm a girl from a good family who was very well brought up. One day I turned my back on it all and became a bohemian.
I never do anything by chance.
The woman who made those movies, that's not me. She's someone else.