The French film Love on a Pillow, starring sex symbol Brigitte Bardot, was directed by Roger Vadim in 1962, after the couple had divorced (in 1957).
The French title Le repos du Guerrier literally translates as Warrior’s Rest, but in the US it was released as Love on a Pillow.
Bardot plays Geneviève Le Theil, a financially independent Parisian woman who is engaged to Pierre.
When she goes to Dijon to collect an inheritance, Genevieve enters the wrong hotel room and accidentally foils the suicide of a penniless alcoholic, Renaud Sarti (Robert Hossein), who has taken an overdose of sleeping pills.
Renaud seduces Geneviève and persuades her to take him with her to Paris. Once there she severs ties with her mother, her friends, and Pierre, despite the fact that Renaud treats her badly.
When Renaud picks up a prostitute, Genevieve leaves him.
“I want to be part of the human species,” he claims. “Marry me.”
The film was shot in Paris and in Italy’s Firenze.
Cast
Brigitte Bardot as Geneviève Le Theil
Robert Hossein as Renaud Sarti
James Robertson-Justice as Katov
Macha Méril as Raphaele
Yves Barsacq as Hotel manager
Jacqueline Porel as Geneviève’s mother
Jean-Marc Bory as Pierre
Christian Melsen as Police inspector
Michel Serrault as Varange
