A romantic love story between a gold-digging woman and a soft-boiled man, the movie script is based on Truman Cobaldi’s middle grade novel of the same name. The movie tells the story of a poor girl named Holly, who relies on dating rich men to make ends meet and is determined to marry into the upper class, but reality repeatedly puts her up against a wall.
At the beginning of the film, Holly is wearing a little black dress, eating breakfast on Fifth Avenue in New York City. She stands in front of the window of Tiffany’s jewelry store, gazing at the jewels inside, as if seeing her dream life, and the soundtrack, “Moon River,” plays in the background, which has become a classic scene in the history of cinema.
The movie’s theme song “Moon River” won the Best Original Song Award at the 34th Academy Awards, and the song is a reflection of Holly’s life journey.
The “Moon River” in the song symbolizes Holly’s dreams and hopes, and it guides Holly to find true love and self-fulfillment.
1961 / USA / Drama Comedy Romance / Blake Edwards / Audrey Hepburn George Peppard
Plot Synopsis:
In the early morning on the streets of New York City, Holly (Audrey Hepburn), a beautiful woman, wanders in front of a window, the socialite of New York’s high society.
Worshipping money and material things, but at the same time not losing the naivety and kindness of Holly, like New York’s “Camellia”, relying on the hourly fee of 50, 100 to get social income.
She also has one important goal in mind: to marry a golden son-in-law.
Holly’s new neighbor is a writer, Paul (George Peppard), who dreams of fame, but is also dependent on his rich wife’s provisions.
When he meets Holly, Paul falls in love and does everything he can to get Holly back to a normal life and asks her to marry him.
However, Holly does not seem to want to, in her mind, to marry such a man, give up her previous efforts, it is not worth it.
However, Holly stumbles along the road to happiness until one day she suddenly realizes the meaning of happiness.
