Gigi
Dir: Vincente Minnelli
USA, 1958, 115minmins
Cast: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier,Louis Jourdan
Leslie Caron had been a charming ingénue seven years earlier in An American in Paris . Here, though, her portrayal of a schoolgirl losing her innocence in a world of courtesans demands both youth and wisdom, vulnerability and decision in heart-wrenching solos and glittering ensembles. For all the delightful froth about old love (Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold) and the blasé rakes of turn-of-the-century Paris (a marvelous turn by Louis Jourdan), it is the impossible dreams of Gigi herself bind music and action to a startling discussion of love.
1959 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
2016-08-21 (Sun)
16:152016-08-26 (Fri)
19:30
Festival Grand Cinema
The Grand Cinema
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