PREVIEW: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread), Isabelle Huppert (Elle), Lambert Wilson (The Matrix Reloaded), Alba Baptista (Fatima), Lucas Bravo (Ticket to Paradise), Ellen Thomas (Clubbed), Rose Williams (The Power), Jason Isaacs (The Death of Stalin), Anna Chancellor (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles), Freddie Fox (The Riot Club), Guilaine Londez (Benedetta), Philippe Bertin (Serial (Bad) Weddings), Roxane Duran (The White Ribbon)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Anthony Fabian (Louder Than Words), director, writer, producer; Carroll Cartwright (What Maisie Knew), Olivia Hetreed (Girl with a Pearl Earring) and Keith Thompson (The Sapphires), writers; Guillaume Benski (A Good Woman Is Hard to Find) and Xavier Marchand (Clean), producers; Rael Jones (The Festival), composer; Felix Wiedemann (City of Tiny Lights), cinematographer; Barney Pilling (The Grand Budapest Hotel), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1957, widowed cleaning lady Ada Harris (Manville) becomes enamoured with a couture Dior dress, and decides to travel to Paris in order to have one made for her. Once in the French capital, Ada manages to inflict significant change as to how the famed House of Dior is run…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Oscar-nominee Lesley Manville is a delight in this crowd-pleasing historical comedy that was made in loving partnership with the infamous House of Dior fashion empire.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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