The Purple Taxi
| The Purple Taxi | |
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| Directed by | Yves Boisset |
| Produced by | Catherine Winter |
| Written by | Michel Déon |
| Starring | Charlotte Rampling |
| Music by | Philippe Sarde |
| Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli |
| Edited by | Albert Jurgenson |
Release dates | 1977 |
Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country |
France Italy |
| Language | French |
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]
The film is about a group of emotionally troubled expatriates living in a self-imposed exile in a small village (Eyeries) in Ireland. The cast includes Peter Ustinov, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Noiret, Edward Albert and, somewhat eccentrically cast as a small-town Irish physician, Fred Astaire.
The film's score was performed by The Chieftains.[2]
Cast
- Charlotte Rampling - Sharon Frederick
- Philippe Noiret - Philippe Marcal
- Peter Ustinov - Taubleman
- Fred Astaire - Dr. Seamus Scully
- Edward Albert - Jerry
- 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