Vintage Bardot Love Is My Profession Original Movie Poster, Yugoslavia, 1959

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A coquettish Brigitte Bardot starred opposite Jean Gabin in Claude Autant-Lara's 1958 film 'En Cas de Malheur', literally translated as … Read more A coquettish Brigitte Bardot starred opposite Jean Gabin in Claude Autant-Lara's 1958 film 'En Cas de Malheur', literally translated as 'In Case of Adversity' but released in the United States as 'Love Is My Profession'. Adapted from the novel 'In Case of Emergency' by Georges Simenon, the film follows a respectable fifty-something lawyer who begins a steamy extra-marital affair with a young girl named Yvette when she offers her body as payment to defend her in court for shoplifting. François Truffaut called it one of Autant-Lara's best films, noting: "We come out of it with a mixture of disgust and admiration, a sense of satisfaction that is real enough but incomplete. It is 100 percent French, with all the virtues and vices that implies: an analysis that is at once subtle and narrow, a skill that is mixed with spitefulness, a spirit of unflinching observation directed at the sordid, and talented sleight-of hand that delivers a liberal message in the end." The film caused a stir for its racy nude scene, severely limiting its US release. with an arty sense of perspective, this provocative poster for the first Yugoslavian release depicted a similarly titillating scene wherein a seductive Bardot hikes up her tight skirt to give Gabin an eyeful. See less