Love in Paris
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| Love in Paris / Another 9½ Weeks | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Anne Goursaud |
| Produced by | Yannick Bernard Staffan Ahrenberg |
| Written by | Characters: Elizabeth McNeill Screenplay: Mick Davis (as Michael Davis) |
| Starring | Mickey Rourke Angie Everhart Agatha de La Fontaine Steven Berkoff Dougray Scott |
| Music by | Francis Haines Stephen W. Parsons |
| Cinematography | Robert Alazraki |
| Editing by | Anne Goursaud Terilyn A. Shropshire |
| Distributed by | Trimark Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1997 |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Country | USA / France / United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | 9½ Weeks |
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Love in Paris is a romance/drama film released in 1997, a sequel to 1986's 9½ Weeks. In the United States, it was in fact released under the title Another 9½ Weeks. It stars Mickey Rourke, who reprises his original role as John Gray. The film, directed by Anne Goursaud, was released directly to video and received poor reviews.[1] In March 2008, it was the 46th worst rated movie on the Internet Movie Database.[2]
[edit] Cast
- Mickey Rourke...John Gray
- Angie Everhart...Lea Calot
- Agathe de La Fontaine...Claire
- Steven Berkoff...Vitorio DaSilva
- Dougray Scott...Charlie
[edit] Plot
Ten years after Elizabeth (the character portrayed by Kim Basinger in the first film) left him John has descended into a world of depression and loneliness, and is suicidal. But when he receives an invitation to attend an art exhibit in Paris that will feature some of Elizabeth's paintings he immediately boards a plane for France, hoping to get to talk to her. He arrives as the auction house and promptly wins all of her artwork, but Elizabeth is not there. He does, however, see a beautiful woman (Everhart) wearing the exact same shawl that he gave to Elizabeth many years earlier. The woman's name is Lea, and she says that she is Elizabeth's close friend and that Elizabeth is now living in another country, happily married. But John suspects that Lea knows something she is not telling him, and over the course of their conversations it becomes apparent that Elizabeth told her intimate details of her relationship with John. Lea, who is a fashion designer, is obviously attracted to John, and he begins to warm to her as well. They soon begin a passionate affair, but Lea continues to be evasive when it comes to answering questions about Elizabeth. During this time John also becomes close to Lea's assistant, a beautiful young woman named Claire who is in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend. As John comes closer to discovering the truth of his former lover's fate he is forced to examine the ways in which his past actions have changed him as a person, and if can be the kind of lover for Lea that she wants him to be.
