Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star

The documentary is about the actor Leslie Caron. Caron was trained as a dancer. Gene Kelly noticed her when she was young. That is how she came to Hollywood. She acted in An American in Paris. Gigi is another of her known films. She worked across cinema, dance and theatre. Her career reaches back to the middle of the twentieth century. She witnessed the American cinema of that period. The documentary takes that account in her own words. Caron describes how she works. She also speaks of the contradictions in her life. The film was made for television. The telling stays close to a language of admiration. Leslie Caron and Christopher Hall appear in the fifty three minute documentary. It is a Canadian and French production Larry Weinstein finished in 2016.