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The Purple Taxi
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Wikipedia article
'The Purple Taxi' is a 1977 French-Irish-Italian film directed by Yves Boisset, based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Michel Don. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
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.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E5DA103BF93AA25751C0A964948260 New York Times review]
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'
* Mairin D. O'Sullivan - 'Colleen'
* David Kelly - 'Little Person'
* Niall Buggy - 'Little Person'
* May Cluskey - (as May Clusky)
* Loan Do Huu - 'Madame Li'
* Brendon Doyle
* Michael Duffy
* Derek Lord
References
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