- Title: Brigitte Bardot: The Reluctant Goddess
- Date: 13th October 1992
- Summary: BRIGITTE BARDOT WAS MORE THAN THE SEX SYMBOL OF HER GENERATION, SHE WAS THE LIVING EMBODIMENT OF THE SPIRIT OF SIXTIES LIBERATION. UNLIKE MANY LEGENDARY ACTRESSES, SHE HAD THE SAVOIR-FAIRE TO RETIRE EARLY FROM HER PROFESSION SO THAT THE MYTH WOULD LIVE ON. FOR OVER 10 YEARS SHE HAS LIVED THE LIFE OF A RECLUSE IN ST. TROPEZ, DEDICATING HERSELF TO THE CAUSE OF ANIMAL RIGHTS, FOR WHICH SHE FIGHTS CEASELESSLY. FEATURING, AMONGST OTHERS, INTERVIEWS WITH ROGER VADIM (FILM DIRECTOR AND BARDOT'S EX-HUSBAND), JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER AND CAMILLE PAGLIA (CONTROVERSIAL FEMINIST AUTHORESS OF 'SEXUAL PERSONAE') TOGETHER WITH RARE ARCHIVE FOOTAGE, BRIGITTE BARDOT THE RELUCTANT GODDESS IS LESS A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HER CAREER AND MORE AN EXAMINATION OF THE BARDOT MYTH, EXAMINING ONE WOMEN'S INFLUENCE OF STYLE AND SEXUALITY IN FRENCH POPULAR CULTURE.
- Description:THIRD IN THE RAPIDO TRILOGY EXAMINING FRENCH CULTURAL ICONS (FOR WITHOUT WALLS)
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Planet Rapido Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:13/10/1992
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s