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Come Dance with Me!

Original title: Voulez-vous danser avec moi?
  • 1959
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
817
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Brigitte Bardot in Come Dance with Me! (1959)
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Handsome dentist Herve Dandieu, temporarily separated from his new, delectable wife Virginie by a lovers' tiff, is picked up by sexy dance teacher Anita Flores...object blackmail. Sensing tr... Read allHandsome dentist Herve Dandieu, temporarily separated from his new, delectable wife Virginie by a lovers' tiff, is picked up by sexy dance teacher Anita Flores...object blackmail. Sensing trouble, Virginie follows him to the dance school, only to find him circumstantially incrimi... Read allHandsome dentist Herve Dandieu, temporarily separated from his new, delectable wife Virginie by a lovers' tiff, is picked up by sexy dance teacher Anita Flores...object blackmail. Sensing trouble, Virginie follows him to the dance school, only to find him circumstantially incriminated in murder. Soon, the school has a gorgeous new instructress, whose slightly scatterb... Read all

  • Director
    • Michel Boisrond
  • Writers
    • Gérard Oury
    • Jean-Charles Tacchella
    • Louis C. Thomas
  • Stars
    • Brigitte Bardot
    • Henri Vidal
    • Dawn Addams
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    817
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michel Boisrond
    • Writers
      • Gérard Oury
      • Jean-Charles Tacchella
      • Louis C. Thomas
    • Stars
      • Brigitte Bardot
      • Henri Vidal
      • Dawn Addams
    • 20User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Brigitte Bardot
    Brigitte Bardot
    • Virginie Dandieu
    Henri Vidal
    Henri Vidal
    • Hervé Dandieu
    Dawn Addams
    Dawn Addams
    • Anita Florès
    Darío Moreno
    Darío Moreno
    • Florès
    Georges Descrières
    Georges Descrières
    • Gérard Lalemand
    • (as Georges Descrières de la Comédie Française)
    Serge Gainsbourg
    Serge Gainsbourg
    • Léon
    Joyce Johnson
    • Daisy
    Maria Pacôme
    Maria Pacôme
    • Madame Decauville-Lachenée
    • (as Maria Pacome)
    François Chaumette
    François Chaumette
    • Joseph - l'inspecteur
    Pascal Mazzotti
    Pascal Mazzotti
    • Le barman
    • (as Pascal Mazotti)
    Magdeleine Bérubet
    • Clémence
    • (as Magdeleine Berubet)
    Marie-Thérèse Orain
    • Mathilde
    • (as M.T. Orain)
    Paul Frankeur
    Paul Frankeur
    • Le commissaire Marchal
    Noël Roquevert
    Noël Roquevert
    • Albert Decauville-Lachenée
    Philippe Nicaud
    • Daniel
    Lucien Callamand
    • Un patient chez le dentiste
    • (uncredited)
    Georges Demas
    • Un homme dans la salle d'attente
    • (uncredited)
    Andrée Florence
      • Director
        • Michel Boisrond
      • Writers
        • Gérard Oury
        • Jean-Charles Tacchella
        • Louis C. Thomas
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      User reviews20

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      8lotus611

      Gainsbourg Master Mind

      I just want to take note of the great Serge's Gainsbourg stunning appearance, short but classic! "L'homme a la-Tete-De-choux" enters with class, sets his line, and the rest is history...Check out Gainsbourg the artist: jazzman, musician, singer, poet, provocateur, precursor of rap, pop idol, eighties cult, through his musical career. Not to mention Brigitte Bardot in all of her splendor, a must see for any BB fan (check out the song "Bonnie and Clyde" for another Bardot/Gainsbourg collaboration). Good stay-at-home and somewhat suspenseful movie. Worth watching. I found this movie very enjoyable, definitely not a classic, but reminiscent of the pre-60's French thrillers.
      7wvisser-leusden

      good, but not a BB-vehicle

      "Voulez-vous danser avec moi?" (= French for 'do you want to dance with me?'), shows competent acting in a well-built crime plot.

      Set in color in the late 1950-s, this film openly deals with the Paris homo & travesty scene. Which was pretty groundbreaking for the staunch Roman Catholic France of those days.

      Brigitte Bardot's appearance in "Voulez-vous danser avec moi?" shines all the way down. Showing off her dancing talents (you may know Brigitte qualified at the Paris conservatory as a classical ballet dancer). While shooting this film, Brigitte was pregnant with her only child -- according to some this shows off in her advantage as well. The third show-off is made by Brigitte's dress in a cross-striped pattern - known to this day in fashion as the 'Brigitte Bardot - design'.

      In spite of her dazzling appearance, one cannot escape the conclusion that Bardot plays the wrong part here. Apart from being beautiful, Brigitte has a definite talent for light comedy. Acting crime & mystery just isn't her trade.

      My last words should be for male lead Henri Vidal. In December 1959, aged 40, he died from a heart attack. This happened shortly after the completion of "Voulez-vous danser avec moi?".
      7wrvisser-leusden-nl

      good, but not a BB-vehicle

      This well-made movie just has one flaw: Brigitte Bardot is not suited for playing a crime plot. As her talents are with light comedy, she is not able to carry out the necessary mystery, horror and suspense here.

      For this reason I think 'Voulez-vous danser avec moi?' not entirely convincing. But apart from that, it's quite entertaining. It is shot well, its acting is good, and its story catches the viewer's interest from beginning to end. Of course your special attention for the scenes in the dance-school, fully displaying Brigitte's excellent dancing skills.

      This movie also seriously deals with homosexuality, back in 1959 a groundbreaking issue. For this reason I guess Paris must have been the only location possible.
      6Bunuel1976

      COME DANCE WITH ME (Michel Boisrond, 1959) **1/2

      This and another early Brigitte Bardot vehicle, UNE PARISIENNE (1957), had been available for rental at a local DVD store for a long time but I kept postponing getting to either, believing them to be minor frothy affairs; however, having just acquired and being on the point of watching a similar effort of hers – Marc Allegret's MADEMOISELLE STRIPTEASE aka PLUCKING THE DAISY (1956) – I thought I might as well check them out too while I am at it. Anyway, I opted to start with this one being ostensibly a thriller and, while I was expecting it to involve some nudity from the star (which technically there is none), I was surprised – especially when considering the film's essentially light touch – at the amount of sleaze on display (from explicit situations and dialogue to a subplot involving gay bars and drag queens!). The premise, in fact, revolves around the Police investigation into the murder of blackmailing dance teacher Dawn Addams; incidentally, the Inspector on the trail of the assassin is Luis Bunuel regular Paul Frankeur and Serge Gainsbourg, popular yet controversial singer/songwriter and later film-maker, makes an early appearance as the victim's accomplice (photographing her in compromising positions with wealthy patrons). Their latest victim is dentist Henri Vidal (whose last film this proved to be, expiring from a heart attack at the young age of 40 – he was married to star Michele Morgan, having met on the set of his best-remembered movie i.e. the Italian spectacle FABIOLA [1948]); Bardot is his wife, whose father (Noel Roquevert, from a number of H.G. Clouzot titles) is an industrialist. Vidal had run into Addams at a nightclub after a row with his bride: she even goes to his clinic, where Bardot works as his assistant, and supplies him with incriminating photos of their dalliance. On his part, not intending to pay, he visits Addams at her studio and causes a scene – but then relents and makes an appointment for the next day at the same place; when he arrives, Vidal finds the woman dead and is then surprised in the room by Bardot who had followed him there! Of course, he has to confess everything and though Roquevert does not readily believe him, Bardot does and determines to establish his innocence (since his description was given to the Police by Addams' dance colleagues) by finding the real killer. To this end, she takes a job as a dance teacher there and even ingratiates herself with Frankeur; incidentally, it appears that the killer could not have exited the room before Vidal's entrance as there is no other way out: this actually reminds Bardot of the Gaston Leroux novel "The Mystery Of The Yellow Room" (whose 1930 film adaptation by Marcel L'Herbier, along with its sequel THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK – nothing whatsoever to do with the atypical Italian giallo from 1974 – I have also just gotten my hands on!) and from here on in, as the saying goes, the plot thickens. Despite the generic and downright misleading title, this is a fairly enjoyable picture (especially easy to take in pleasant color); mind you, the suspense reaches no great heights (given that the murder method is given away all too soon and the motive emerges to be characteristically weak) – and, yet, the viewer's attention is engaged throughout and one is genuinely curious to discover the guilty party's identity (what with the variety of suspects being fingered along the way).
      6claudio_carvalho

      Detective Brigitte

      After a discussion with his spoiled wife Virginie (Brigitte Bardot), the playboy dentist Hervé Dandieu (Henri Vidal) goes to a bar where he meets the sexy dance teacher Anita Flores (Dawn Addams). She invites Hervé to dance with her and while dancing, his father-in-law arrives in the place and Hervé sneaks out with Anita. Hervé drives Anita home, and she invites him to have one last drink; Anita seduces him and they kiss each other on the sofa, while her hidden partner takes pictures of the intimacy of the couple. Hervé leaves Anita without having sex, but is blackmailed by her. She schedules a meeting with him in the dance school, but Virginie listens to their conversation and believes that Hervé is cheating her. Virginie is snoops Hervé in the dance school, and he finds Anita dead and becomes the prime suspect of the police. Virginie asks for a job in the dance school and decides to investigate the case by her own.

      The silly and naive "Voulez-vous Danser Avec Moi?" has a predictable screenplay and is supported by the charm and beauty of Brigitte Bardot. Dawn Addams has a minor participation, but she is astonishing with her blues eyes and beauty. In the end, forget this flawed story and enjoy Brigitte Bardot acting like a detective and Dawn Addams that you will have a nice entertainment. My vote is six.

      Title (Brazil): "Quer Dançar Comigo?" ("Do You Want to Dance with Me?")

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      • Trivia
        Sylvia Lopez was originally cast as Anita, but after a few days of shooting became too ill with terminal leukemia to continue. Co-star Henri Vidal died soon after completing this film.
      • Goofs
        When Viriginie is dancing the Mambo with Flores, her handbag disappears between when they dance away from the camera and when they dance toward the camera.
      • Quotes

        Hervé Dandieu: Because you absolutely want this gentleman to see your breasts?

        Virginie Dandieu: In circumstances like this one, it couldn't hurt.

        Hervé Dandieu: Maybe you could go out naked while you're at it!

        Virginie Dandieu: Oh, I'd love to. When I'm naked it takes away all my complexes.

      • Connections
        Featured in Rock & Chips (2010)
      • Soundtracks
        Voulez-vous Danser avec Moi ?
        Music by Henri Crolla

        Lyrics by Jacques Prévert

        Performed by Bob Martin

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      • Release date
        • November 7, 1960 (United States)
      • Countries of origin
        • France
        • Italy
      • Languages
        • French
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Do You Want to Dance with Me?
      • Filming locations
        • Studios de la Victorine - 16 avenue Edoard Grinda, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France(Studio)
      • Production companies
        • Francos Films
        • Vides Cinematografica
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      • Budget
        • $1,000,000 (estimated)
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      • Runtime
        • 1h 31m(91 min)
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.66 : 1

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