The 1958 MGM movie, based on the 1944 novella by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette of the same name, was directed by Vincente Minnelli. The screenplay was written by Alan Jay Lerner, and the music by Frederick Loewe, following their success with ‘My Fair Lady’. Starring Leslie Caron as the eponymous Gigi, and Maurice Chevalier as the narrator Honore, the film won all nine of its Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, breaking the record set by ‘Gone with the Wind’. The record was short-lived, however, as ‘Ben-Hur’ broke the record with eleven Oscars the following year.
The movie tells the story of Gaston, a rich man, who wants to break from the absurd traditions of his family. He finds refuge in spending his time with Gigi, a young girl raised by her aunt and grandmother, to be a rich man’s courtesan.
Louis Jourdan plays Gaston. The movie takes a Gaston falls in love with Gigi, and asks her to be his wife.
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