Those of you who remember that I recently watched Sabrina (the new one) after I finished Only You will be glad to know I am watching Sabrina (the old one) tonight. To read that other other post go here.
Sabrina is a great story. I love both versions but tonight Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, and Humphrey Bogart are entertaining us. It is a story about a chauffeur's daughter who longs to live life on the other side of the fence...er..garage. The Laraby's have all the money in the world and poor Sabrina is hopelessly in love with one of their sons- David. Her father sends her to Paris to attend Le Cordon Bleu to learn how to cook like her mother, "the best cook on Long Island."
Her instructor is a stereotypical Frenchmen for the time with a little mustache and a big white hat. Sabrina is miserable because she is pining for David but in that school and over the two years she spends in Paris, she eventually learns all about herself. She is grows up and learns so much more than cooking- she learns how to live. She starts to live her vie en rose. When Sabrina comes back home she is no longer the girl we saw at the beginning of the film. She is a woman! A beautiful woman at that!
This film takes us on an adventure filled with love, deceit, champagne flutes, indoor tennis courts, and mergers. David, while cute, has trouble with women. He loves all of them. So in order to not ruin the upcoming business deal with David's current fiance, Linus (Bogart) tries to distract Sabrina from David. I do not want to ruin the film, but love always finds a way, even if it is not what you expect.
In my experience, it is hard to get college students interested in a film that is black and white. But if an RA is successful in convincing these students about the awesomeness that is a gem of a film like this one they will be able to plan a program with it. The program that might be best paired with this film is the one of academic balance. Linus is a hard working, never taking a break, kind of business man. David is a free spirit that is not even sure what day of the week it is because of how infrequently he went to work. Both men learn in this film about how they need to have a balance of life and play. College students can see what happens when you are on the extremes and not well balanced. Audrey Hepburn is so wonderful it will change lives!
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