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Le Divorce is a 2003 Merchant Ivory Productions' film directed by James Ivory. Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala & James Ivory based on Diane Johnson's bestselling novel.
It tells the story of a young American woman Isabel Walker who travels to Paris to visit her pregnant sister Roxy (Roxeanne). Roxy's husband Charles-Henri left her for his lover Magda Tellman. Later on, Isabel secretly falls in love with her French uncle-in-law Edgar Cosset and becomes his mistress. But Magda's husband threat them to back his wife. On the other hand, Walker's Family arrived Paris and for their profit Georges de la Tour unknown picture...
Filmed in Paris. Café de Flore, Tour Eiffel, Musée du Louvre, Salle Gaveau (concert sequence, Alan Ewing and uncredited Les Arts Florissants member performed Marc-Antoine Charpentier's "Pleurons plutôt de présentes douleurs" from "Il faut rire et chanter: Dispute de bergers, H. 484" which was recorded previously with William Christie, but they performed again just for this film).
Opening title music was Paul Misraki's "Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux" sung by Patrick Bruel & Johnny Hallyday from Bruel's CD "Entre deux". End title was Serge Gainsbourg's "L'Anamour" sung by Jane Birkin from her CD "Version Jane". But film's Hermès's handbag was Kelly Bag, not Birkin.
Select Cast
- Kate Hudson - Isabel Walker
- Naomi Watts - Roxeanne de Persand
with Order in appearance
- Melvil Poupaud - Charles-Henri de Persand
- Catherine Samie - Madame Florian
- Samuel Labarthe - Antoine de Persand
- Leslie Caron - Suzanne de Persand
- Thierry Lhermitte - Edgar Cosset
- Nathalie Richard - Charlotte de Persand
- Glenn Close - Olivia Pace
- Sam Waterston - Chester Walker
- Stockard Channing - Margeeve Walker
- Thomas Lennon - Roger Walker
- Romain Duris - Yves
- Humbert Balsan - Maitre Doisneau
- Bebe Neuwirth - Julia Manchevering
- Jean-Marc Barr - Maitre Bertram
- Rona Hartner - Magda Tellman
- Matthew Modine - Tellman
- Hélène Surgère - Lingerie Saleswoman
- Françoise Brion - Bookstore Owner
- Alan Ewing - Singer
- Daniel Mesguich - Louvre Expert
- Anne Canovas - Appraiser
- Stephen Fry - Piers Janely
External links
2003 films | Films based on fiction books | Merchant-Ivory films | Fox Searchlight films
"Le Divorce"