The French New Wave actress, who died on Sunday aged 91, had said she wanted to be laid to rest in her garden. Despite her wishes, an official at the Saint-Tropez town hall said she will be laid to rest in the town's seaside cemetery, without giving a date.

Bardot was previously hospitalized in the city of Toulon in southern France

L'icona del cinema francese si è spenta a 91 anni nella sua villa di Saint-Tropez dopo mesi di apprensione per la sua salute