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Synopsis: Somewhere in Central America in 1907: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a singer in a circus. She decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, she unintentionally invents the strip-tease and makes the circus famous. Then they accidentally meet a socialist revolutionary and find themselves leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists and the Church.
Director(s): Louis Malle
Production: United Artists
  Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
NOT RATED
Year:
1965
119 min
160 Views


- Two?

The revolution?

Led by two women?

To arms, citizens, form your battalions.

March! March!

Before an impure blood floods our fields.

This is our infirmary.

We have no intention

of attacking the United States.

On the contrary, we respect your country...

liberal and modern.

However, your government has to realize...

that here we are still in the Middle Ages.

Are you aware

that the whole nation of San Miguel...

- still belongs to 14 families?

- Then you are against private property?

Private property is highway robbery.

We won't give up our fight

until the dictator is eliminated.

Our army.

Sit over there, please.

The viaduct at Barharen. Interesting.

And then what?

I also blew up the prison in Palmares...

the bridge at Los Andos...

the cathedral in Chicacao...

the mines at Totonicapan.

Our objective is now the capital.

They have blown up my statue.

Send out our special armored train.

You mean the train of death?

Yes.

What?

You're a fool.

All is not lost. Our fight has just begun.

THE LIBERATOR:

THE LADIES OF PARIS

Now they're performing miracles.

Sacrilege!

Padre, what'll I do now?

This affair no longer concerns you.

Leave it to me.

It's a message from Pablo.

He will meet us up north, with 600 guns.

And if all goes well...

tomorrow, at the break of dawn,

all of us will attack San Miguel.

- Can I help you, Padre?

- You may conduct me to Maria and Maria.

We're alone, as you requested.

- What do you want?

- We know who you are.

- You hold the power to...

- I'm the servant of the Lord.

But you...

you profaned our sacred rites.

Shrines are raised in your honor

by the peasants.

Are not the two of you

worshiped like saints?

- They want revolution.

- No.

They want chaos...

and violence...

and scandal.

Show your hand. What do you want?

My task is difficult.

Who knows? God may be on your side.

- Do you doubt it?

- No man is ever sure.

He sometimes appears to us...

just when we least expect.

We'll bring down San Miguel tomorrow,

whatever the cost.

Is that so?

Help us to see the light,

oh, Lord, lest we err.

Padre, what exactly are you getting at?

Reach for heaven, my daughters.

Damn!

We must warn Pablo.

We do not wish to do you harm.

If you'll just sign the paper

in which you recognize your errors...

we shall put it on the walls

of the churches...

and order shall be restored.

- But then you must leave the country.

- No! No! No!

Pablo, they have been taken prisoner.

We must attack.

Come, come! Hurry, my children.

Hurry, quickly.

Oh, I am sorry.

Nobody has used any

of this equipment in ages.

Go shoot those two women at once.

No. I protest.

They're the property of the church.

Now we'll see if it works.

SAN MIGUEL NATIONAL BANK

Take cover, men!

Are you afraid?

A little, yes.

Ready.

Aim.

Fire!

Are you dead?

No, you?

I'll kill you myself.

So sorry, girls.

We were almost too late.

We've done it.

Flors is avenged. Satisfied now?

I just feel tired.

I'm happy.

So happy.

Ah, women.

THEY RETURNED TO EUROPE

FROM THEN ON, EVERY NIGHT...

On the other side of the ocean

The two young women meet

In the jungle of the tropics

Together they share

thousands of adventures

Strange and very dangerous

Over there, over there

The first one was dark

And her name was Maria

And the second one was blonde

and her name was also

Maria

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Louis Malle

Louis Marie Malle (French: [mal]; 30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. His film Le Monde du silence won the Palme d'Or in 1956 and the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1957, although he was not credited at the ceremony with the award instead being presented to the film's co-director Jacques Cousteau. Later in his career he was nominated multiple times for Academy Awards. Malle is also one of the few directors to have won the Golden Lion multiple times. Malle worked in both French cinema and Hollywood, and he produced both French and English language films. His most famous films include the crime film Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958), the World War II drama Lacombe, Lucien (1974), the romantic crime film Atlantic City (1980), the comedy-drama My Dinner with Andre (1981), and the autobiographical film Au revoir les enfants (1987). more…

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