Paris by Night

Plot

British playwright David Hare both wrote and directed the complicated political melodrama Paris By Night. Charlotte Rampling plays a Tory member of the European parliament, who lets absolutely nothing get in way of her ambitions. At present, Rampling is convinced that she is being blackmailed by her ex-business partner Andrew Ray. Upon accidentally meeting Ray, Rampling impulsively murders the man. In a deliciously ironic turn of events, she is approached by Ray's daughter Sinead Cusack, who hopes that Rampling will help her locate her missing dad. Rampling eventually finds out Ray had been innocent all along-but a greater shock awaits her at home, at the hands of her long-neglected husband Michael Gambon. Paris By Night contains far too many cute coincidences to be credible, but this fact doesn't immediately sink in as the audience revels in the film's superlative performances and David Hare's adroit manipulation of people, places and events. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Charlotte Rampling - Clara Paige
• Michael Gambon - Gerald Paige
• Robert Hardy - Adam Gillvray
• Iain Glen - Wallace Sharp
• Jane Asher - Pauline
• Andrew Ray - Michael Swanton

Niamh Cusack - Jenny Swanton; Linda Bassett - Janet Swanton; Robert Flemyng - Jack Sidmouth; Sandi Toksvig - Sandra; Jonathan White - Simon Paige; Juliet Harmer - Delia; Melissa Stribling - Lady Boeing; Brian Cobby - Foreign Secretary; Annabel Brooks - Girl at Gillvray's Office; Edward Clayton - Birmingham Chairman; Bradley Cole - Young Man; Julian Firth - Lawrence; Alain Fromager - Paul inyafski; Louba Guertchikoff - Mme. Zinyafski; Rashid Karapiet - Sikh Leader; Patrick Perez - Hector Zinyafski; Christopher Baines - Young Organiser; Reg Gadney - British Diplomat; Francois Greze - Young Hotel Clerk; Czeslaw Grocholski - Foreign Lecturer; Rebecca Journo - Little Girl; Geoffrey Larder - Birmingham Assistant; Robert David MacDonald - Sir Arthur Sanderson; Michael Motu - Gendarme; Ivan Nabakov - America; Bernard Ristroph - Hotel Night Clerk; Louisa Rix - Nurse; Tin Sportolaro - Violet; Peter Whitbread - English Lecturer; Geoffrey Wilkinson - Porter at Club

Credit

Elizabeth Waller - Costume Designer, David Hare - Director, George Akers - Editor, Georges Delerue - Composer (Music Score), Pat Hay - Makeup, Anthony Pratt - Production Designer, Roger Pratt - Cinematographer, Patrick Cassavetti - Producer, Edward R. Pressman - Producer, Michael Seirton - Set Designer, Gareth Milne - Stunts, David Hare - Screenwriter

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