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Irma La Douce | Year: 1963 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Billy Wilder Actors/Actresses: - Jack Lemmon - Shirley Maclaine Lemmon/Wilder do it again! Whenever Billy Wilder (Director) and Jack Lemmon (Actor) get together be prepared for laughs and a great motion picture. In all of their collaberations watch for authentic locations. "Irma La Douce" is no exception. It is the real Par-ee. Oo-la-la! The scenes are shot in actual locations, outside and inside (not just studio scenery like the others give you).The story is based on an honest, naive man who falls for a "Lady of the Evening" played by Shirley MacLaine. He doesn't want her to "work", but she considers it a profession. What to do? He conjures up a rich customer for her (himself in disguise) to keep her income up and her off the streets. Jack's character, Nestor, gets in deeper and deeper as he tries to finance this proposition. Finally, jealousy (of himself!) takes over. I don't want to spoil the story for you! I can tell you that you will have fun watching this one. Hilarious Parisian Fairy-Tale! Shirley MacLaine is great as Irma La Douce (Irma The Sweet) and this is a fantastic film! Irma is the most popular prostitute in Paris' red light district,and she is 'managed' by Hippolyte the Ox,in rather a horrible manner. She and her adorable dog,Coquette,live a hectic life,and then Nestor (Jack Lemmon) enters their lives.He is kindly and sweet,and offers to help manage Irma,and get her on the straight and narrow.How he does it will have you in stiches! The show,which is essentially the Broadway musical with all the songs cut out,works brilliantly as a comedy,and MacLaine and Lemmon,as in THE APARTMENT,work great together. Sweet Faeri Tale for the grown ups This movie has a slow start (understandably being made in 1962) but then before you know it, it transforms in to a sweet faerie tale for the grown ups. From this aspect, it was indeed a very creative idea even though the movie has its own slow moments and not so knitly tied up sequences. Buy Irma La Douce at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Irma La Douce Search with the Priority Search Engine on Irma La Douce This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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