Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

I so missed the party nights, that's why I'm posting these movies for these few days. and with the blog name set at chic et beau, everything has to be chic & beau & lumineux, right?

This is the classic Audrey Hepburn film, the one character that is always enjoyable, lovely to see on the silver screen. Holly Gollightly, the top banana of the shock department, epitomizes the party goers in New York in Capote's time. It's one of the chicest films to watch.

"You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness." You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing," and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. "

Apart from the clothes and parties, there's a more underlying topic, which talks about commitment phobia. I think Holly Gollightly simply symbolises the phobia. It's kind of a sad movie for some parts, but on the whole it makes you laugh and reflect. She's having quite a pathetic life until she meets Paul Varjack and their resemblance creates a parallel in the film.

Breakfast at Tiffany's sheds light on the tragic human life in the mid 20th century when individual drifted alone in the great big city, trying to find meaning in their lives. On the whole, this film may not be one of the best Audrey Hepburn had done, but it certainly creates an immortal character that reminds us to love, laugh and live.