Mademoiselle Gigi

Mademoiselle Gigi

2006 · 105 min · History, Romance, TV Movie

Paris, 1900. The 16-year-old Gigi lives in a world of mere women, inspired by Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary, she doesn't want to surrender to the "bondage of a loveless marriage".

Directed by Caroline Huppert

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