Day Three

Sabrina, Audrey Hepburn 1954, directed by Billy Wilder.

Interesting storyline, girl meets boy, runs off to Paris to forget him, returns and tries to break up his engagement, only to be swept off her feet by the scheming older brother who wants to ship her back off to Paris? Although in the midst of it all Sabrina seems to be an innocent character, she is quite conniving in her pursuit of an engaged woman's fiance and for the time perhaps promiscuous

taking the hearts of two men.

Sabrina Fairchild: Kiss me, David.

David Larrabee: Love to, Sabrina.

[kisses her]

Sabrina Fairchild: Again. That's better.

David Larrabee: What's the matter, dear? You're not worried about us, are you? Because I'm not. So there'll be a big stink in the family. So who cares?

Sabrina Fairchild: David... I don't want to see Linus again. I don't want to go out with him.

David Larrabee: Why not, darling?

Sabrina Fairchild: I want to be near you.

I feel sympathetic for the apparently unimportant finance. David is marrying her for a business deal his brother is pushing, then he loves someone else and wants to sweep her off her feet, then gets over her and his fiance is ok for him again? Dominantly class based film which also reflects the male dominance of society at the time.