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Lili (1953) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
77 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1953 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Charles Walters

Written By:
Helen Deutsch
Paul Gallico

Actors:
Leslie Caron ..... Lili Daurier
Mel Ferrer ..... Paul Berthalet
Jean-Pierre Aumont ..... Marc
Zsa Zsa Gabor ..... Rosalie
Kurt Kasznar ..... Jacquot
Amanda Blake ..... Peach Lips
Alex Gerry ..... Proprietor
Ralph Dumke ..... M. Corvier
Wilton Graff ..... M. Tonit
George Baxter ..... M. Enrique

Synopsis:

Based on the story by Paul Gallico, Lili stars Leslie Caron as the title character, a 16-year-old waif who runs off to join a carnival. Embittered, crippled puppeteer Mel Ferrer treats Lili with contempt; only by speaking through his puppets is Ferrer able to express his genuine love for the girl. Before this happens, however, Caron must overcome her crush on magician Jean-Pierre Aumont, who is married to the contentious Zsa Zsa Gabor. Though not a musical (as was Carnival, the 1961 Broadway version of Lili), the film affords Leslie Caron the opportunity for a dream ballet, and also accommodates the lilting Bronislaw Kaper/Adolph Deutsch hit song 'Hi Lili, Hi Lo'. Legend has it that professional curmudgeon H.L. Mencken, who considered movies a waste of time and never bothered to see them, was persuaded to attend a showing of Lili--and loved every minute of it! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Members of a circus troupe 'adopt' Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. The magician who first comes to her rescue already has romantic entanglements and thinks of her as a little girl. Who can she turn to but the puppets, singing to them her troubles, forgetting that there are puppeteers. A crowd gathers around Lili as she sings. The circus has a new act. She now has a job. Will she get her heart's desire?

Lili, a poor French girl, has nowhere to go after her father dies. She meets Marc, and follows him home. 'Home' turns out to be a carnival, where Marc is the magician, and Marc turns out to be romantically unavailable. The only friends Lili makes are the puppets in the puppet show. She does not like the carnival owner, but he is the puppeteer!

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