Audrey For Ever!

There is a scene in Manhattan by Woody Allen, where the main character (played by Allen himself) is having a discussion with a friend, and this friend accused him: "Who do you think you are? God?" 

And Woody replied: "Well, I've got to model myself on someone". 

Today, it is the 20th death anniversary of the woman I always wanted to model myself on: Audrey Hepburn. 

Since she became an icon in all these years, we are used to see her face everywhere, on posters, pictures, book covers, advertisements, mugs, bags, and other silly objects, but we don’t have to forget what she really was: a beautiful, inspiring, talented, smart, witty, classy, good hearted, adorable person.

It is very rare to read something nasty about her. 
Apparently, she didn’t just look lovely, she was entirely lovely, outside and inside.
Audrey Hepburn didn’t have an easy childhood: she was raised in Holland during the Second World War, she suffered hunger, she was abandoned by her father, but all this didn’t prevent her to embrace life as it was, to do the things that she really wanted to do.
She was special, this is undeniable. I loved everything about her and I think she was the most beautiful and most elegant woman who ever walked on planet earth. 
Even when she was aging, her class, her smile, her style, kept being incomparable:

There are so many amazing pictures of her that it is impossible to choose just few, as I had to do for this post, but I especially like the ones taken the night she received an Oscar for her role in Roman Holidays by William Wyler in 1953.
Her slim silhouette, her magnificent but simple dress, her tears of joy:

I will always miss you, Audrey!

Aimez-vous le cinéma?

Yesterday morning I mixed up the time of my yoga class.
I wasn't the only one, though. A couple of other  girls made my same mistake and we were outside the gym 45 minutes before the lesson. I live in front of the gym, so I suggested to have a coffee (an Italian one!) at my place while waiting for the right time, and they accepted. 
Even if we see each other every week, we don't know anything about our lives. 
So, when they entered into my apartment and simultaneously asked me: Do you love cinema? Are you working in cinema?, I was a bit surprised. Well, I don't work in cinema but cinema is my biggest passion, I asnwered. Why did you think that? They looked around and they made a gesture with their hands, pointing at some cinema posters I had in my living room.
Uhm... I see... I guess I need to face reality. 
When I was back from yoga, I decided to count all the cinema things I had on my walls. In a 38 square meters apartment, I actually managed to have 8 movie posters, 10 film pictures, one stage program, and a couple of doors covered with cinema stuff. 
Yes, I know, I am THAT obsessed.
I declare myself guilty, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, and this is the evidence:

Zazie dans le métro by Louis Malle (of course!!!)

Ingrid Bergman Smile in Indiscreet by Stanley Donen

Roman Holidays by William Wyler... a classic!

Audrey Hepburn in a Philippe Halsman picture

Michael Caine in The Ipcress File by Sidney J. Furie

In The Mood for Love by Wong Kar-Wai (much more than a simple movie to me!)

In The Mood for Love Collection Pictures 1

In The Mood for Love Collection Pictures 2

In The Mood for Love Collection Pictures 3

In The Mood for Love Collection Pictures 4

In The Mood for Love Collection Pictures 5

In The Mood for Love Collection Pictures 6

In The Mood for Love Collection Pictures 7

Jules et Jim by François Truffaut (Poster 1)

Jules et Jim by François Truffaut (Poster 2)

A bout de souffle by Jean-Luc Godard 

A bout de Souffle again! (poster of the pictures exhibition by R. Cauchetier)

La Notte by Michelangelo Antonioni (my favourite italian movie of all time)

Stage program of Embers by C. Hampton with Jeremy Irons (che ve lo dico a fare??!) 

And I leave you with a little (and adorable) Zazie's thing: