Gigi

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Original title: Gigi
Year: 1958
Running time: 116 min.
Country: United States
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Screenwriter: Alan Jay Lerner (Play: Colette)
Music: Frederick Loewe
Cinematography: Joseph Ruttenberg
Cast: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Jacques Bergerac, Eva Gabor, John Abbott, Isabel Jeans
Producer: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Arthur Freed Production
Genre: Comedy. Musical. Romance | 1900s
Movie Groups: Colette Adaptations
Synopsis / Plot: Gaston (Jordan), the scion of a wealthy Parisian family finds emotional refuge from the superficial lifestyle of upper class Parisian 1900s society with the former mistress (Gingold) of his uncle (Chevalier) and her outgoing, tomboy granddaughter, Gigi (Caron). When Gaston becomes aware that Gigi has matured into a woman, her grandmother and aunt (Jeans), who have educated Gigi to be a wealthy man's mistress, enjoin on him to become her provider and on her to accept such a golden opportunity.

Awards: 1958: 9 Academy Awards, including Movie, Director, Screenplay adapt., Cinematography (color), Song, OST

1958: 3 Golden Globes, including Best Movie - Musical. 6 nominations

1959: BAFTA Awards: Nominated to Best Film

1958: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Best Director

1958: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Musical Screenplay

1958: National Board of Review: Top 10 Best Films

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1958: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Production

Critics' reviews

"Replete with taste from its sartorial investiture to the ultimate histrionic performances."

Abel Green: Variety
"The direction is excellent and Freed is to be congratulated on the production as a whole, as the story is presented in an original and enticing manner."

Kate Cameron: New York Daily News
"While their score often falters, Vincente Minnelli's mise-en-scene does not. It's easy to drift away from the story and become absorbed in Minnelli's impossibly delicate textures."

Dave Kehr: Chicago Reader
"Pretty but hollow version of the Colette story, with uninspired Lerner-Loewe songs, and not particularly likable actors"

Peter Bogdanovich: IndieWire
"The dominating creative contribution comes from Minnelli and Cecil Beaton (...) The combination of these two visual elitists is really too much (...) The cast tries (with unfortunate success) to be more French than the French."

Geoff Brown: Time Out
"Rightful winner of nine Academy Awards (...) this is the last great musical from genius producer Arthur Freed (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

Tony Sloman: Radio Times

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