The butterfly brooch from 1954 (Parker and Hepburn)

Janelle 2021-11-13 08:01:23

He is a gentleman, the most handsome man in the world, with a sculpturally determined silhouette and an upright personality. He has an elegant manner, a modest temperament, and pure eyes like a solemn missionary. He can interpret his smile to make people's heart bewitching, soft-hearted and yet well-informed. He is the dream lover of tens of millions of women around the world. There have been countless beauties in his life, but there has not been a scandal. In the past half a century, he has been worshipped by fans all over the world as an idol and moral role model. He is a gentleman forever in Hollywood, and his name is Gregory Pike.

She is an angel, from a well-known family, speaks 5 languages, has an elegant and decent manner, and has extraordinary tolerance. She is noble and kind, uncontroversial, feminine and shy like an inexperienced child. Her personality is reserved and introverted but approachable. She has a beautiful face and a flower-like smile. Her two big talking eyes are like a lake on a plateau, clear and quiet, and charming, and her thin, veil-like wings fan the joy and lightness of youth. She has fallen into the world. Angel, her name is Audrey Hepburn.

In the immaculate years of cardamom, the angel meets the gentleman. On that holiday in the romantic capital of Rome, a piece of the purest love in the world quietly sprouted.

At that time, he was already a well-known star in the world. She had just passed her 36th birthday, but she was only 23 years old at the time, and she was still a girl who was not well-known. She is a fan of his movies and has an almost crazy admiration for him. When she first saw him, she was so excited that she couldn't speak.

He is the same.

Seeing her at the first glance, his heart suddenly moved, and a strange emotion quietly surged from the bottom of his heart, feeling like a beach where the tide had just receded, soft and gentle.

The girl in front of her is sensitive and fragile, and her secret thoughts are hidden in her beautiful big eyes. She is quiet and sad, making her feel tender and affectionate. At that moment, he clearly felt the beginning of a delicate stage.

In that scene, they played the roles of the male and female protagonists. When they were busy, the two went for a walk by the river, and the trickling river eavesdropped on the couple's murmurs.

He likes to look at her, his eyes full of pity that can melt. She also likes to be with him, listening to him and watching him smile. Occasionally, she would put her cold little hand into his generous palm, feeling the warmth from this honest man.

At that time, his marriage had come to an end, how much he yearned for her love, but he was not a man who is good at expressing, after seeing the vicissitudes of the world, he has become accustomed to hiding all his joys, sorrows and joys in the waves. Under the calm expression.

She loves him, but she dare not say. She knew very well that the man next to him was someone else's husband and the father of three children. The family shadow that broke down in her childhood and the education she received made her discourage her. How kind and angelic, how could she bear to let her beloved wings be contaminated with the wet memories of others? ! That summer, her love, in his smile, bloomed warmly and desperately again and again.

Many times, a reserved flower is always destined to fail to bloom a silent branch. As a result, a story came to an abrupt end that summer, and there was no future.

The release of "Roman Holiday" turned her from a shy daisy in the mountains to a dazzling rose under the spotlight overnight. Soon, she had love, Meir Feige, a famous Hollywood director, actor and writer. She admired the talent of that man very much, and hoped that the man's career could bring her greater success.

Sure enough, that year, her career and love had a good harvest. She won the Oscar for Best Actress that year, and she and Meir entered the palace of marriage.

He attended her wedding.


He was still so kind and tolerant, dealing with everything in front of him with a calm smile. No one knows that under his calm appearance, what is hidden is something called helplessness and fate.

As a gift, he gave him a butterfly brooch. It was 1954, and love between him and her was the beginning and the end.

At that time, she naively thought that once she turned around, she could escape thousands of sadnesses, but she didn't know that, so, she missed the scenery of her life.

Soon after she got married, he divorced, then married, and became someone else's husband again.

Come to think of it, the communication between men and women is indeed very mysterious, from friendship to love is only one step away, but from love to friendship, it seems to have to go through a thousand mountains and rivers. Just ask, in the world, when love turns gorgeously, how many people can reopen the feast of friendship openly? However, they did, with a respect for the fate of friendship and faith, two people will be thousands of miles away to concentrate Coast to Coast, all the love and affection that summer buried in a "Roman Holiday"

Meir The empathy and unrequited love dealt a fatal blow to her who longed for a love to die forever. She was divorced, and later, married and divorced, and then, one after another, from her life, one after another men went round and round in her life, coming closer and farther away. In the 40 years of time, the only thing that remained unchanged by her side was the butterfly brooch.

She called him countless times and couldn't help but tears when she talked about her sadness. He comforted her softly and said something indifferent. No one knows that, to him, every drop of her tears is like a falling comet, piercing the atrium of the sea, the surface is calm and the waves are calm, but the heart is already turbulent like a river of iron horses and ice.

She didn't know until she died, she had been the moonlight in his life since the day he met her. Day and night, brilliant in the deepest part of his soul.

In January 1993, the angel flew back to heaven. He is here, come to see her goodbye, look at her for the last time. At that time, he was 77 years old, stumbling on crutches.

Among the flowers, her eyes closed slightly, like a water lily after a summer rain, pure and quiet.

Time wasted her face, and what people saw was the sorrow of the beauty's twilight. In his eyes, she was still the petite and charming girl with infinite sadness in her eyes. He called her softly, but she didn't answer. She couldn't hear it anymore, he would never hear it. The gray-haired man looked at her speechlessly for a long time, tears raging.

When seeing her off, he bowed his head, kissed her coffin lightly, and whispered, "You are the favorite woman in my life."

He finally said the sentence buried in his heart. It was what she wanted in her life, but it was late, for a full 40 years. At this time, he didn't know that in the past years, she kept lowering her head deeply into the dust, but to death, she still could not wait for the past and present life hand in hand with him.

Ten years later, the famous Sofuer auction house held a charity sale of her clothing and jewelry during her lifetime.

Once again, he came, trembling. The purpose of the 87-year-old visit was only for the butterfly brooch. In the end, he got it back as he wished.

Holding the butterfly brooch, in the memory of twitching, in the tunnel of time, he seems to have seen again, the beautiful, kind, and inexperienced little girl in "Roman Holiday" is happily and lightly. Come by himself... For

40 years, he has not told her that the wedding gift he gave her was not an ordinary brooch, but the family heir to his grandmother.

49 days later, he closed his eyes with a smile, holding the butterfly brooch in his hand, as if holding her heartbeat, holding the years that cannot be turned back and the love of youth that will never return in the depths of the years.

On the day he was seen off, the crowd came from all directions holding flowers. His funeral was broadcast live worldwide via the Internet. On that day, in every corner of the world, thousands of fans prayed silently, praying that the gentleman would find an angel in another world and give her a paradise that she had missed in this world.

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  • Aurore 2021-11-13 08:01:23

    (9/10) The vulgar is also elegant. What is a classic? After watching this film, you will know how many future generations of films have imitated and copied this work... The previous films did not have special effects bombing, so you need to strengthen acting skills to attract the audience. Will be moved by the superb performances of Hepburn and Parker. Hepburn's short hair style is really cool. In that era of classical elegance, the princess's cut of the hair probably surprised many people. When rewatching the film, I felt deeply that I had always overlooked the second male Erwin too much? Owen did not have a strong feeling for Ann like Joe, but when he chose to hand over the photos he took so hard to Ann, he and the protagonist had the same nobility.

  • Taya 2022-03-23 09:01:40

    The goddess is born. 2018.09.08 @china film archives some people can shine just by standing in front of the camera, no matter what they do or act, this is the real superstar.

Roman Holiday quotes

  • Reporter: And what, in the opinion of Your Highness, is the outlook for friendship among nations?

    Princess Ann: I have every faith in it... as I have faith in relations between people.

    Joe Bradley: May I say, speaking for my own... press service: we believe Your Highness's faith will not be unjustified.

    Princess Ann: I am so glad to hear you say it.

    Another reporter: Which of the cities visited did Your Highness enjoy the most?

    General Provno: [prompting] Each, in its own way...

    Princess Ann: Each, in its own way, was unforgettable. It would be difficult to - Rome! By all means, Rome. I will cherish my visit here in memory as long as I live.

  • [the General mentions Princess Ann's duty]

    Princess Ann: Your Excellency, I trust you will not find it necessary to use that word again. Were I not completely aware of my duty to my family and to my country, I would not have come back tonight... or indeed ever again!