Leslie Caron Monday 5th September 2011 Shirley MacLaine at the Paris cinematheque of Bercy where she receive the Legion of Honnour by Frederic Mitterand the minister of the culture Paris, France
Leslie Caron
Leslie Caron
Leslie Caron - Tuesday 8th December 2009 at Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame Los Angeles, California
The Man Who Loved Women Review
Very Good
Here's a title that says it all. Bertrand Morane (Charles Denner, upon whom the film is partly/sort of based) loves women, and he'll jeopardize life and limb just to get a look at a woman's shins. This semi-classic François Truffaut film is little more than a series of "relationships" of Bertrand's, as seen in flashback from his funeral and through the lyricism of his autobiography. The funny thing isn't just how desperate Bertrand is -- he's also rather homely and seemingly irresistable. The ending is classic: From his death bed, he reaches for the nurse, only to fall to his ultimate demise. It's a quirky film about, well, not quite love, and not quite relationships, but what passed for them in 1970s France.
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Gigi Review
Weak
Why doesn't Gigi disturb more people?
The premise: a wealthy Parisian (Louis Jourdan) is training a young girl (Leslie Caron) to be his mistress. He and his ribald uncle (Maurice Chevalier) even sing songs like "Thank Heaven for Little Girls." It's a musical about pedophilia -- and this is one of Hollywood's most glorified song-and-dance films. Even more bizarre is that Caron was 27 when she was tapped to play young Gigi. She looks like she's about 16.
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