Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday (1953)

a film by William Wyler

Watch this movie and I guarantee that you will fall in love. You would go crazy about Rome and you would dream of Audrey Hepburn.

There was something already seen about this movie as some of its scenes have become classics and are infinitively reproduce in Roman tourist gift-shops and Vespa advertisement. However, the films feels fresh and entertaining and is really amusing to see Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in this princess-dreamed-day flick. It is maybe the amazing acting of both of these actors- Hepburn is gorgeous and talented, her range expands from physical comedy to total elegance, all of it with her charming eyes and her fast lines. Peck plays a great antihero, also very whimsical but neat.

This movie is full of style. Audrey Hepburn looks are elegant and fashionable as Rome looks radiant. This film is a letter of love to the city and it made the Vespa rides a classic, but besides that it is nicely constructed with witty dialogues and fluent sequences that allow to enjoy an amusing story.

I like the element created by the photographer who takes images directly from the photograms, and as a twist from the Italian director's look of the city, this time is brought through the screen through the eyes of a dazzled tourist as is Princess Anna. It is this romantic view of the city and the story what I found so memorable in this film and make it fresh and entertaining but also moving and stylish.