manina, la fille sans voiles, released in the us as manina, the girl in the bikini, and in the uk as manina, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, is a 1952 french film directed by willy rozier and starring brigitte bardot, jean-françois calvé and howard vernon. the film is one of bardot's first film roles, at the age of 17, and was controversial for the scanty bikinis worn by the young bardot in the film, one of the first occasions when a bikini had appeared in film and when the bikini was still widely considered immodest.