Comedy · Romance
American
1958 · Directed by Vincente Minnelli · 115 min
Paris, 1900. A bored, fabulously rich young man treats the city's pleasures as a routine, until a teenage girl from a family of retired courtesans starts to unsettle him. A glossy, witty musical about money, manners and what a society expects of its women.
Why it matters in cinema history
A late, polished example of the Hollywood studio musical, made as the system was changing, and a bridge between the Freed Unit's MGM films and the literate stage-derived musicals of the 1960s.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a comedy of manners in which décor, costume and song all argue about what a woman's life is worth.
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