Funny Face (1957)

Release date: 1957-04-25
Country: USA
Language: English|French
Director: Stanley Donen
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Rating: 7.0/10
Length: 1h 43min

Storyline

Fashion photographer Dick Avery, in search for an intellectual backdrop for an air-headed model, expropriates a Greenwich Village bookstore. When the photo session is over the store is left in a shambles, much to salesgirl Jo Stockton's dismay. Avery stays behind to help her clean up. Later, he examines the photos taken there and sees Jo in the background of one shot. He is intrigued by her unique appearance, as is Maggie Prescott, the editor of a leading fashion magazine. They offer Jo a modeling contract, which she reluctantly accepts only because it includes a trip to Paris. Eventually, her snobbish attitude toward the job softens, and Jo begins to enjoy the work and the company of her handsome photographer.

Plot Keywords

fashion model, fashion, fashion designer, rain, cleaning woman, raincoat, cow, umbrella, horse and carriage, title sung by character, steam train, dog, fishing, male female relationship, beret, guitar, fountain, raft, wedding dress, swan

Short Review

The great photographer Richard Avedon curated the titles and exquisitely coloured stills of Hepburn in the latest collection from Givenchy, and each one is poster-perfect. The plot, such as it is, is full of lighthearted fun.