Leslie Caron
Gigi
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Often called the last great movie musical, Gigi (1958), which won nine Oscars®, including Best Picture, was certainly the most unlikely. Based on a novella by the French novelist, Colette, it's the story of a young girl in Belle Epoque Paris who is raised and educated to go into the family business of being a courtesan.
Gigi, living in the Belle Époque era of Paris, is training to be a courtesan- a highly educated and cultured woman who will become a society darling and mistress to wealthy men. She is mentored by her kind but firm Grandmother who has raised her and her glamorous, flamboyant Aunt Alicia.
Gigi. The story of an illegitimate waif in late 1800s Paris who reluctantly becomes a courtesan and mistress of a young, handsome and wealthy heir. 3,356 IMDb 6.6 1 h 55 min 1958. X-Ray G. Arts, Entertainment, and Culture · Comedy · Beautiful · Charming. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.79. Buy. HD $6.99. More purchase. options.
Gaston (Louis Jourdan) is a restless Parisian playboy who moves from one mistress to another, while also spending time with Gigi (Leslie Caron), a precocious younger friend learning the ways of...
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Gigi. MUSICAL. This delightful, multi-Oscar winner (including Best Picture) features a turn-of-the-century Parisian tomboy (Leslie Caron) who falls for her guardian, Louis Jourdan, while being groomed as a courtesan. Maurice Chevalier co-stars. 12+. COMMON SENSE. Charming, pretty 1950s musical with dated gender roles. 88%
Overview. A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy. Vincente Minnelli. Director. Colette. Novel. Alan Jay Lerner. Screenplay.
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