Independent U.S. distributors Kino Video have confirmed that they will release on Blu-ray acclaimed director Louis Malle's
Viva Maria! (1965), starring Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau, George Hamilton, Paulette Dubost, and Claudio Brook. The release is scheduled to arrive on the U.S. market on November 4th.
Synopsis: When two women-both named Maria-unwittingly invent the striptease circa 1910, they become such a hit that enthusiastic audiences strip along with them! But when one of the Marias falls for a handsome revolutionary (George Hamilton), she finds that she has unwittingly embroiled the two of them in an armed peasant revolt. Lensed by the great cinematographer Henri Decaë (
The 400 Blows,
Le Samourai). Soundtrack by Georges Delerue (
Platoon,
One Deadly Summer).