Viva Maria!

The world will never forget the two heroines who charged into battle undaunted, unafraid, and… undressed!

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.

Direction

Louis Malle

Screenplay

Louis Malle

Jean-Claude Carrière