Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

"Follow your dream."

2022 1h 56m EN

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7.3

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★7.3TMDB · 533

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Synopsis

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A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.

“Follow your dream.”

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Cast

Lesley Manville
Ada Harris
Isabelle Huppert
Claudine Colbert
Lambert Wilson
Marquis de Chassagne
Alba Baptista
Natasha
Lucas Bravo
André Fauvel
Ellen Thomas
Vi Butterfield
Rose Williams
Pamela Penrose
Jason Isaacs
Archie

Credits

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Director: Anthony Fabian
Writers: Carroll Cartwright, Anthony Fabian, Keith Thompson
Languages: English, French
Countries: Belgium, Canada, France, Hungary, United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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WORLD

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International production across 5 countries: Belgium, Canada, France, Hungary, United Kingdom.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Anthony Fabian, shot by Felix Wiedemann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Rael Jones. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Barney Pilling shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Lesley Manville and Isabelle Huppert and Lambert Wilson carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Follow your dream.".

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The take

Anthony Fabian directs. Felix Wiedemann behind the camera. Rael Jones scores. Barney Pilling cuts. Produced in Belgium, Canada, France, Hungary, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English, French.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 4 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
3International production across 5 countries: Belgium, Canada, France, Hungary, United Kingdom.
4Directed by Anthony Fabian, shot by Felix Wiedemann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Rael Jones. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Barney Pilling shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Lesley Manville and Isabelle Huppert and Lambert Wilson carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Follow your dream.".
9IMDB entry: tt5151570 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "paris, france", "based on novel or book", "widow", "dress".
11Released under 29 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Felix Wiedemann
Original score: Rael Jones
Editing: Barney Pilling
Production design: Luciana Arrighi
Costume design: Jenny Beavan
Sound: Marc Lawes
Runtime: 116 min · 1h 56m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $31,179,316
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)

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Peter McGinn2022-08-14
★ 10/10
I don’t know if I would have been quite so anxious to see this movie, or if I would have liked it as much, if Lesley Manville was not playing Mrs. Harris, but fortunately she was. An unlikely confluence of events happen to and around Mrs. Harris that seem to add up to an unlikely scenario of her saving money to buy the Dior dress, such as her winning the football pools (lottery). But science fiction and superhero movies would not exist if we all insisted upon realistic stories, so I had no issue suspending my disbelief. It is a sweet film, and sometimes I need one of those to offset the dramas and hard-luck characters in many movies (those “realistic” plots). It features a fine ensemble cast, most of whom I didn’t recognize from other British productions but who did well. So I am sure I will watch the movie again someday. I have to laugh looking at a few 1-star reviews on another website. Just for kicks I checked the other reviews by those angry viewers (I mean 1-star instead of say, 4 stars? Really?). One of them only had 1-star reviews, about 30 of them, which makes me question whether they even wtatched them, and another didn’t watch a single other movie that I have seen, so I guess there is a reason they disagree with me so strongly. But I am sure you are not so judgmental, so give it a try.
CinemaSerf2022-10-21
★ 7/10
Lesley Manville is clearly having some good fun playing the eponymous, widowed, wartime cleaner. One of her clients, "Lady Dant" (Anna Chancellor) is not so hot when it comes to settling her bills, but she does have a Dior dress - and at £500 this is a dream for "Mrs. Harris". Determined to have one for herself, she works extra hard, saves her pension - even has a flutter on the dogs before arriving at the Salon Dior armed with rolled up ten shilling notes. The slightly snobbish staff want little to do with her, but fortunately the debonaire "Marquis de Chassagne" (Lambert Wilson) agrees to take her in to the show as his guest, and finance fellow "André" points out to the rather snooty manager "Claudine" (Isabelle Huppert) that the cash is not to be sniffed at... What now ensues are some fun escapades as she manages to acquire a dream frock, but has to linger in Paris whilst it is made-to-measure for her. This exposes her to the benign charms of the Marquis and also sees her make new friends and have some once-in-a-lifetime experiences. It's flighty and fun, peppered with a good dose of British fair-play and pragmatism, and features a script that is delivered effortlessly by a cast that all combine well on screen. The ending is a touch contrived, but this is a feel-good film that does warm the cockles of your heart a bit and illustrates the birth of large scale high street couture.