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The Purple Taxi is a french film of genre Drama directed by Yves Boisset released in USA on 1 december 1980 with Charlotte Rampling
The Purple Taxi (1977)
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Add to a movie listThe 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.
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.
Synopsis
L'arrivée d'une jeune femme, Sharon (Charlotte Rampling), dans un petit village d'Irlande bouleverse le quotidien fait d'amitiés et de silence de Philippe Marchal (Philippe Noiret), qui s'est réfugié dans ce village après la mort de son fils, et de Jerry (Edward Albert), frère de Sharon, cadet d'une famille de milliardaires, exilé en Irlande par sa famille à la suite d'une sombre histoire. Dans ce pays sauvage, tout semble se dérouler paisiblement sauf quand surgit Taubelman (Peter Ustinov), personnage fantasque semblant connaître tout sur tout le monde, accompagné de sa ravissante et muette fille Anne (Agostina Belli) dont Jerry ne va pas tarder à tomber fou amoureux. Alors que Sharon est déterminée à découvrir qui est réellement Taubelman.Actors
Charlotte Rampling
(Sharon Frederick)
Philippe Noiret
(Philippe Marchal)
Peter Ustinov
(Taubelman)
Fred Astaire
(Dr. Seamus Scully)
Edward Albert
(Jerry Keen)
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