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Viva Maria!

Directed by Louis Malle

Starring Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau

The world will never forget the two heroines who charged into battle undaunted, unafraid, and… undressed!

1907 Central America: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a performer, and decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, unintentionally invents the striptease and makes the circus famous. Their inadvertent encounter with a socialist revolutionary lands them leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists, and the Church.