The Purple Taxi (French: Un taxi mauve) is a 1977 French-Irish-Italian film directed by Yves Boisset, based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Michel Déon. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
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Directed by | Yves Boisset |
Based on | Un taxi mauve by Michel Déon |
Produced by | Catherine Winter |
Starring | Charlotte Rampling Peter Ustinov Fred Astaire Edward Albert |
Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli |
Edited by | Albert Jurgenson |
Music by | Philippe Sarde |
Distributed by | ParaFrance Films |
Release date | May 21, 1977 |
Running time | 120 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Languages | French English |
Plot
The film is about a group of emotionally troubled expatriates living in a self-imposed exile in a small village (Eyeries) on the Beara Peninsula in Ireland. The cast includes Peter Ustinov, Charlotte Rampling, Agostina Belli, Philippe Noiret, Edward Albert and, somewhat eccentrically cast as a small-town Irish physician, Fred Astaire.
Film score
The film's score was performed by The Chieftains.[2]
Cast
- Charlotte Rampling - Sharon Frederick
- Peter Ustinov - Taubelman
- Fred Astaire - Dr. Seamus Scully
- Edward Albert - Jerry
- Philippe Noiret - Philippe Marcal
- Agostina Belli - Anne Taubelman
- Jack Watson - Sean
- Mairin D. O'Sullivan - Colleen
- David Kelly - Little Person
- Niall Buggy - Little Person
- May Cluskey - (as May Clusky)
- Loan Do Huu - Madame Li
- Brendon Doyle
- Michael Duffy
- Derek Lord
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Purple Taxi". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
- ^ New York Times review