How lovely to think that in Paris, it is possible for a woman (Romy Schneider in "Clair de Femme," for example) to be joined in a cafe by a man she doesn't know (Yves Montand)?
"My mom was a big Romy Haag fan," he says, grinning at the mention of another Berlin icon, the flamboyant transgender performer who dated David Bowie back in the 70s.
It's no surprise that Mr. Abel, who's Belgian, the Australian-born Ms. Gordon and Mr. Romy, a French native, share a background in the theater and in the circus.
And, at the heart of "Liebelei," as of all the best Ophuls, there is a woman; here it is Christine Magda Schneiderr, mother of Romy), a mouse lured out of her hole and into the passion trap.
For example, in Module 4, Romy, a mathematics major, and Nina, a biology major, paired up spontaneously and spent time together at the blackboard.
Sure enough, Mr. Dickey, a rumpled man who favors plaid flannel shirts, brought along Romy, a Weimaraner.
There's the magazine-cover strategy (Lance Bass and Clay Aiken), the blog post (Ricky Martin, Frank Ocean), the "by the way, I'm gay" remark in a magazine (Mika, Romy Madley Croft), oh, and the make-out-with-your-guitarist-onstage-at-an-awards-show route (Adam Lambert).
She's also now a "mother of" (Romy Nicole, two) and as such in the vanguard of a whole new breed of hip parents, launching her lifestyle blog Romy And The Bunnies in March 2013.
They met in Israel, while my mom was working as a stand in for Romy Schneider on a film with Richard Harris.
Then, as she began to write passages about her own adolescence and give them to Romy, a fusion started to occur.
