Michel Auclair

Funny Face -- Paris, the City of Light, shines even brighter when Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire team up for the only time and bring their luminous starpower to this exquisite musical featuring songs by George and Ira Gershwin.

Jo Stockton can only get to Paris to meet with the beatnik founder of "empathicalism" (a idea that implores you to "put yourself into others shoes" in order to 'empathize' with them) if she agrees to model a line of ultra-chic fashions for photographer Dick Avery. Paris provides the backdrop for this blend of Gershwin music and Givenchy fashion.

Jo, a shy, bookshop clerk and amateur philosopher, is discovered by a famous fashion photographer. In short order she finds herself at a major fashion event in Paris, where romance blossoms.

(1961) Danielle Darrieus, Michael Auclair. A singer believes she's being haunted by the ghost of her dead husband. This, needless to say, causes problems between her and her new lover. Good story, good production values, good film. From 16mm.