vadim change brigitte image and way of life from that of the young society beauty he have marry to that of a rebellious and challenging teenager of the 1950s une parisienne succeed in launch her ravishing figure a the teenage goddess and the casual sexuality and the provocative gaiety in confrontation with men charles boyer  a prince charles  be the perfect and ideal choice of those magically romantic moment his deep and vibrant voice speak a promise of new adventure in love his deep and wondering eye bespeak a worldly knowledge untarnished by cynicism he have the boudoir grace of valentino without the hysteria or the sometime effeminacy of the great lover under michel boisrond direction and boyer be an old style romantic without the grand manner .