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Isn't Burgalry Romantic?: How to Steal a Million (1966)

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              Audrey Hepburn. In Paris. Wearing a wardrobe designed by Givenchy, and jewelry by Cartier. The opening credits are enough to sell How to Steal a Million , and it's a film that lives up to its credits! The movie is part comedy, part romance, and part suspenseful, million-dollar art heist.               The film centers around Nicole Bonnet, daughter of a wealthy art collector. Nicole's father has just sold one of his pieces in a major auction, but instead of being proud, she's upset - because her father is actually an art forger. He replicates the style of famous painters to make "undiscovered" masterpieces which he sells for hundreds of thousands. Nicole scolds her father and reminds him that what he's doing is illegal, but he won't listen. (And Nicole won't report him, probably because he's her dad, but maybe also because they live in a mansion and her whole wardrobe is Givenchy, and who would want to give that up?)