Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Isabelle Adjani, Anthony Higgins, Pierre Clémenti ...( see more  see more... ) , Suzanne Flon , Daniel Mesguich , Sheila Gish , Armelia McQueen , Wiley Wood , Virginie Thévenet

An aimless girl (Isabelle Adjani) and her shiftless husband (Anthony Higgins) are caught up in the literary social whirl of Paris in the 1920s. Soon, they become the protégés (or are they just an amus...( read more  read more... )ing diversion?) of two rich, bored Britons (Maggie Smith and Alan Bates). Amid seedy cafés, colorful hotels and smoky jazz haunts, this quartet of individuals dangerously intertwines. Directed by James Ivory.

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Directed by: James Ivory

Release Date: October 25, 1981

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DVD Release Date: February 24, 2004

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  • March 24, 2008
    A lesser, darker Merchant-Ivory production with a muddled story. Luv MS & AB always.
  • July 7, 2006
    Not isabelle's best film, it was the crummy script that let it down for me, but the cast and characters are excellent

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