The film 'Gigi' won nine Oscars in 1958. 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, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, and Eva Gabor. It tells the story of a young girl in Paris who is being groomed as a courtesan in her Grandmother's dance hall.