Based on a novel by Truman Capote You know about the fashion, but what about the food? The film that cemented Audrey Hepburn's image as Givenchy-dressed and seemingly air-fed also has a title that suggests eating. And that Holly Golightly does, although always in a context of emotional longing. The young woman who has champagne before breakfast and delights in drunken nights can't cook rice despite her deep domestic intentions, and when she nibbles on pastry and sips coffee in front of the famed jeweler's windows after a long night out, there is nothing but melancholy aspiration in her eyes. At least that's how the movie starts...

(by Rebecca L. Epstein)