The 1958 Leslie Caron film is 'Gigi'. It is a musical romantic comedy-drama film directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Arthur Freed. The screenplay was written by Alan Jay Lerner, based on the 1944 novella of the same name by Colette. The film stars Leslie Caron as the title character, a young Parisian girl being groomed as a courtesan in her grand-aunt's Parisian house of ill repute. It also stars Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, and Eva Gabor. The film won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture.