Bardot sits down to soup with director Louis Malle and the cast of Viva Maria!
On film sets today, the catering van will typically dispense bacon sandwiches and a sliver of quiche. In 1965, in Mexico on the set of Viva Maria! with director Louis Malle, they ate lunch as if celebrating a best friend’s wedding. Waited on by staff, Brigitte Bardot (who was nominated for a Bafta for her portrayal of a dance-hall girl turned revolutionary) enjoyed the soup course, with a feast to follow.
Eight years later she announced her retirement from the entertainment business, in order to focus on animal rights. After 47 films it was the end of long on-set feasts, and the beginning of a new career in activism, and convictions for inciting racial hatred, after remarks about Islam. Following the most recent, in 2008, on her website she claimed her defence was that she was objecting to the slaughter of animals for Eid.
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