Crowd gathers in Saint-Tropez to bid adieu to Brigitte Bardot

Описание: (7 Jan 2026)
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Saint-Tropez, France - 7 January 2026
1. Various of crowd gathered by big screen at the port in St Tropez
2. Wide shot crowd watch big screen showing funeral ceremony of Brigitte Bardot
3. Crowd behind railings
4. Medium woman holding flowers
5. Various statue of Brigitte Bardot in the centre of Saint-Tropez, surrounded by tributes
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Muriel, fan:
"What she changed for women is being a free woman. She was quite simply free and a fine example for women."

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saint-Tropez, France - 6 January 2026
7. Various of the cemetery where Brigitte Bardot is to be buried

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saint-Tropez, France - 7 January 2026
8. Wide of crowds watching the screen
9. Various of crowds at the port waiting for hearse to pass
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Vox Pop, no name given:
"To say thank you to Brigitte Bardot. I came from Cannes to say thank you to Brigitte Bardot."
11. Wide shot crowds watch big screen
12. SOUNDBITE (French) Vox Pop, Jeanne:
"The impact of Brigitte Bardot in Saint-Tropez and all the Gulf, was like a boomerang. She had an extraordinary impact. People came from everywhere to pay tribute to her and it's good she's being buried at the cemetery here. This way people can come and pay their respects and I think that's amazing."
13. Exterior of the church where the ceremony took place
11. Various of the cortege with the hearse
12. Medium of the cemetery
13. Medium gravesite of Brigitte Bardot, with tributes laid



AP VIDEO SHOT BY: Bishr Eltouni, shots 1-12 and Philippe Magoni, shot 13 only
STORYLINE:
Brigitte Bardot's funeral was being held on Wednesday with a private service and a public homage in Saint-Tropez, the French Riviera resort where she lived for more than half a century, after retiring from movie stardom at the height of her fame.

The animal rights activist and far-right supporter died Dec. 28 at age 91 at her home in southern France.

She died from cancer after undergoing two operations, her husband, Bernard d’Ormale, said in an interview with Paris Match magazine released Tuesday evening. “She was conscious and concerned about the fate of animals until the very end,” he said.

Residents and admirers applauded the funeral convoy as the coffin of Bardot, once one of the world’s most photographed women and a defining screen siren of the 1960s, was being carried through the town's narrow streets.

A service started to the sound of Maria Callas' “Ave Maria” at the Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption Catholic Church in the presence of Bardot's husband, son and grandchildren, as well as guests invited by the family and the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the protection of animals.

Hundreds of people gathered in the small town to follow the farewell on large screens set up at the port and on two plazas.

Bardot is to be buried “in the strictest privacy” at a cemetery overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.

She had long called Saint-Tropez her refuge from the celebrity that once made her a household name.

A public homage was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at a nearby site for admirers of the woman whose image once symbolized France’s postwar liberation and sensuality.

“Brigitte Bardot will forever be associated with Saint-Tropez, of which she was the most dazzling ambassador,” the town hall said last week. “Through her presence, personality and aura, she marked the history of our town.”

Bardot settled decades ago in her seaside villa, La Madrague, and retired from filmmaking in 1973 at age 39, during an international career that spanned more than two dozen films.







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