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Day Eight: Three Films

1. Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella), 1997

It's in Italian. It's sub titled. It's as much a favourite for a laughter as it is for the tears. It's the film that stopped me disregarding foreign films 'cos I didn't feel like 'reading'. It's the reason I wish this was a ten films list so that I could include The Kite Runner, Mao's Last Dancer and The Diving Bell and The Butterfly.

2. My Fair Lady, 1983

Not only is this my favourite musical (I've seen it on stage several times), the film – starring the legend that is Audrey and the love-to-hate-then-love Professor Higgins played by Rex Butler – is one of those that I can watch over and over and over, much to hubby's disbelief. Between 'why can't a woman be more like a man' and the Ascot Opening Day sequence, choosing a favourite bit is a bit, I imagine, like choosing a favourite child – it shouldn't be done. 

3. The Devil Wears Prada, 2006

 'I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.' 

 'That's all.'

See also: Legally Blonde, Centre Stage and Coyote Ugly. Basically, I love a little Dolly Parton-esque slant on the classic Cinderalla story. 

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