No proof to support this, but I like to think that they did.
"I'm not reckless . . . I'm skillful!"
As they are presented in this movie, yes.
As they would have lived in French society at that time NO.
Look at the character in Proust's Remembrance of Things Past who tries to introduce his wife/former mistress into social circles. She is cut dead.
Parisian upper class women wouldn't have accepted her.
I think Gaston would have eventually been bored with Gigi, and would have found other women. I assume they would have stayed married and even had children, but they wouldn't be happy with each other. Sorry to be so cynical. :)
shareYes, he would have taken other mistresses. But she would have earned her place in society and been content. Such as it was in La Belle Epoque.
shareYes. Gaston was clearly bored with the superficial life he was leading. He and Gigi were already great friends--indeed they were in love. He did not want her to be a courtesan, his mistress. He wanted marriage. So, in terms of this fairy tale film, yes--they lived happily ever after.
shareLa Belle Epoque (and its American counterpart The Gilded Age) ended with the onset of World War I.
Almost overnight, the glittery world of the playboy and the courtesan collapsed, as men and women struggled just to survive.
The collapse of the American stock market in 1929 impacted most of the world's economies, and men like Gaston (and perhaps even Honore) had to work to support themselves and their families.
Most likely, Gaston was too old to enlist during WW! and any sons he and Gigi had would be too young.
However, by the time of WWII, their sons would be of draft age.
Somehow, I can imagine the Lachaille family working for the French Underground.
As Louis Jourdan himself did.
Aver allec Dieu, M. Jourdan.
Anyway, as far as Gaston working--I don't know if it's mentioned in the movie, but in the novel he's a sugar magnate, not just some noble with inherited wealth. I'd imagine that his business wouldn't be affected too much by the war, though perhaps by the events of 1929.
Set in 1890s so.sons could have been.old enough for WW1.
shareSure why not?
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