Valentino, The Last Emperor

Short, majestically coiffed, with hooded eyes, an orange-tinted tan

 and the peevish impatience of an absolute monarch: 

Valentino Garavani, the Italian couturier known simply as Valentino, 

as he appears in Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary portrait.

If I could be a movie.......

I know exactly what it is to share the same roof with a partner that you no longer love; to be unhappy and empty under that roof but way too scared to let go. I also know how it feels to pack a whole home by yourself, and just drop that whole life of yours inside of some storage building. I also know how it feels to manage a intercultural life looking for more.. more of a "think outside the box" kind of thing. More spirit. More answers. More love. More life! Anyway, it's great to know that this writer had a fulfilling journey. It gives me hope! :-)) .. and did I mention that she ended up with a Brazilian?! ........

(I read the book before watching the movie, and I should tell you: it's 100 times better. But for all of the lazy heads out there, this 'flix' is a great option)


                     

La vie en rose

Based on the life - filled with tragedy - of legendary Parisian singer Édith Piaf.

(Édith Giovanna Gassion) - No wonder why I like her, we share the same name.
The film follows the chanteuse from her forlorn childhood in a brothel
to her big break at Louis Leplée's nightclub and her premature death at age 47.
Actress Marion Cotillard in splendid performance!