Leslie Caron is so sweet and vulnerable here. That seemed to have been a trademark for the star who earned an Oscar nomination here.
An orphaned waif who is stranded in a town she was sent to soon finds her way to a carnival. There she meets Jean Pierre Aumont, the magician who is secretly married to Zsa Zsa Gabor. In her brief appearance, Gabor is as cunning as ever.
There is also puppeteer Mel Ferrer, a dancer whose career ended with an injury he sustained during the war. At first, Lili ignores him and he expresses his true desire for her through the puppets.
I will say that the ending dance sequence was memorable, but the film itself is routine with a really unremarkable Caron displaying innocent saccharine like tendencies.
An orphaned waif who is stranded in a town she was sent to soon finds her way to a carnival. There she meets Jean Pierre Aumont, the magician who is secretly married to Zsa Zsa Gabor. In her brief appearance, Gabor is as cunning as ever.
There is also puppeteer Mel Ferrer, a dancer whose career ended with an injury he sustained during the war. At first, Lili ignores him and he expresses his true desire for her through the puppets.
I will say that the ending dance sequence was memorable, but the film itself is routine with a really unremarkable Caron displaying innocent saccharine like tendencies.