Love on a Pillow

Love on a Pillow (Le Repos du guerrier) is a 1962 French film starring Brigitte Bardot and directed by Roger Vadim. It's based on the book called Le Repos du guerrier, written by Christiane Rochefort.

Love on a Pillow
Directed by	Roger Vadim
Screenplay by	Roger Vadim
Based on	novel by Christiane Rochefort
Starring	Brigitte Bardot Robert Hossein
Cinematography	Armand Thirard
Music by	Michel Magne
Release date	1962 (1962)
Running time	102 minute
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	2,872,723 admissions (France)[1]

Plot

Geneviève Le Theil is a financially independent woman in Paris engaged to Pierre.

She goes to Dijon to collect an inheritance. She enters the wrong hotel room and accidentally foils the suicide of a penniless alcoholic, Renaud, who has taken an overdose of sleeping pills.

Renaud seduces Geneviève and persuades her to take him with her to Paris. Once there she severs ties with her mother, her friends, and Pierre, despite Renaud treating her badly.

When Renaud picks up a prostitute, Genevieve leaves him. But then he proposes marriage and she accepts.

Cast

• Brigitte Bardot as Geneviève Le Theil
• Robert Hossein as Renaud Sarti
• James Robertson Justice as Katov
• Macha Méril as Raphaele
• Yves Barsacq as Hotel manager
• Jacqueline Porel as Geneviève's mother
• Jean-Marc Bory as Pierre
• Christian Melsen as Police inspector
• Michel Serrault as Varange
• Robert Dalban as Police sergeant