Colette
Colette’s masterpiece, Gigi focuses on a young Parisian girl being groomed for a career as a courtesan. Her relationship with Gaston, a wealthy cultured man who falls in love with her and eventually marries her. Colette’s subtle and ruthless rendering of a woman’s sexual awakening is completely griping from start to finish and reverberates with a unique wit and psychological insight. With two films a play an a musical to its name, Gigi is simply a classic. While I read Gigi, I found myself wandering around during the day chatting to people in my head in a french accent. It got really quite dirty at times.
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