But Gigi surprises both her grandmother and her aunt with the depth of her feminine arsenal of seduction when she actually makes playboy Gaston fall in love with her in this sophisticated French story of true love triumphing over all. The man who once brought her candy and played innocent games of cards with Gigi is suddenly transformed into a romantic prospect and the schoolgirl soon falls in love with Gaston. The scene where Gaston and fellow rake Honore (Jean Tissier) ride in their car coats and goggles on a primitive automobile to the countryside to expose the lovers' secret liaison is one of many amusing moments in director Jacqueline Audry's film. Gaston has recently had his heart broken by a mistress who betrayed him with her ice skating instructor. Her first test in l'amour is a plan hatched by her aunt and grandmother who want to unite her with a longtime, wealthy family friend and playboy Gaston (Franck Villard). Instructed by her beloved grandmother Yvonne de Bray (Mamita) and glamorous courtesan aunt Gaby Morlay (Alicia) in the art of using her feminine wiles, 16-year-old Gigi learns how to select a man's cigar, determine the value of the various jewels she will be given by her rich lovers, chew her meat while continuing to carry on a conversation and other priceless tidbits in the feminine arsenal of seduction. Daniele Delorme is a turn-of-the-century teenage courtesan-in-training in the French romantic comedy Gigi (1948).
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