Crowds lined the streets of Saint-Tropez for the funeral of French film legend Brigitte Bardot on Wednesday.
Some of those gathered were seen applauding as her coffin was driven through the French Riviera town after a service in a local church.
Among the guests at the service were far-right politician Marine le Pen and Equality Minister Aurore Bergé, who like Bardot, is a defender of animal rights. The actress was later buried at a hillside cemetery overlooking the Mediterranean.
Bardot, who revolutionised 1950s French cinema and became a symbol of sexual liberation, died of cancer aged 91 three days after Christmas.
Bardot had left instructions that her funeral be conducted without fanfare or ostentation - but the people of Saint-Tropez wanted to pay her a proper adieu on Wednesday.











