The Purple Taxi

The Purple Taxi
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Yves Boisset
Based on	Un taxi mauve by Michel Déon
Produced by
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

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]

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
• - Colleen
• David Kelly - Little Person
• Niall Buggy - Little Person
• May Cluskey - (as May Clusky)
• - Madame Li
• Derek Lord

References[]

External links[]

• Un taxi mauve at IMDb

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