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Widowed cleaning lady Ada Harris fixates on a designer dress belonging to one of her clients. A war widow's pension and a windfall secure an airplane ticket to Paris, and Ada innocently gate-crashes the premiere of Dior's 10th anniversary collection. Ada winds up with a unique creation that requires an unexpected stay in the French capital. Comedy drama, starring Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert and Lambert Wilson
2022
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Comedy
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Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Lesley Manville
(Actor)
.. Ada Harris
Isabelle Huppert
(Actor)
.. Claudine Colbert
Lambert Wilson
(Actor)
.. Marquis de Chassagne
Alba Baptista
(Actor)
.. Natasha
Lucas Bravo
(Actor)
.. André Fauvel
Ellen Thomas
(Actor)
.. Violet Butterfield
Jason Isaacs
(Actor)
.. Archie
Anna Chancellor
(Actor)
.. Lady Dant
Anthony Fabian
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Lesley Manville
(Actor)
.. Ada Harris
Born:
March 12, 1956
in
Brighton
Best Known For:
Her work with director Mike Leigh.
Early-life:
Lesley was born in Brighton on March 12, 1956. She trained as a soprano singer from the age of eight and went on to secure a place at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. She made her professional stage debut in the 1972 West End musical I and Albert and had a recurring role on Emmerdale Farm in the mid-1970s, playing Rosemary Kendall.
Career:
A frequent collaborator with Mike Leigh, Manville has appeared in a number of his films, including Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Another Year (2010) and Mr Turner (2014). In 2011, she starred in Mike Leigh's play Grief at the National Theatre. Her other stage roles include His Dark Materials, The Alchemist, All About My Mother, Her Naked Skin, Six Degrees of Separation, and Ghosts, for which she won an Olivier Award. On the small screen, Manville has starred in David Copperfield, The Cazalets, North & South, and Cranford. More recently, she has appeared in Mayday, Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond, and River.
Quote:
"I think that distributors and marketing companies realise that there are a huge number of women over 40 who want to go the cinema and see films about themselves."
Trivia:
Manville received an OBE in the 2015 Birthday Honours.
Isabelle Huppert
(Actor)
.. Claudine Colbert
Lambert Wilson
(Actor)
.. Marquis de Chassagne
Born:
August 03, 1958
in
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Alba Baptista
(Actor)
.. Natasha
Lucas Bravo
(Actor)
.. André Fauvel
Ellen Thomas
(Actor)
.. Violet Butterfield
Jason Isaacs
(Actor)
.. Archie
Born:
June 06, 1963
in
Liverpool
Best Known For:
Playing Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films.
Early-life:
Born into a tight-knit Jewish community in Liverpool on June 6, 1963, Jason moved at the age of 11 to London with his family; his parents later emigrated to Israel. He's the third of four children. His brothers grew up to become a lawyer, a doctor and an accountant respectively. Jason initially also studied law, but gave it up after becoming hooked on acting while at Bristol University. He went on to train at London's Central School of Speech and Drama.
Career:
Isaacs' film debut came in The Tall Guy in 1989. Other early roles came in Capital City, Inspector Morse and Taggart. His first major film was 1997's Event Horizon, but it was small part in the blockbuster Armageddon a year later that cemented his position as a noteworthy actor, and he hasn't looked back since. Movie projects include The Patriot, Black Hawk Down, Divorcing Jack, Event Horizon and the Harry Potter franchise. On TV he's appeared in The West Wing, Brotherhood, Awake and Case Histories.
Quote:
On the Harry Potter novels: "I suddenly understood why my friends, who I'd thought were slightly backward, had been so addicted to these children's books. They're like crack."
Trivia:
His stage appearances include the National Theatre's 1993 production of Angels in America.
Anna Chancellor
(Actor)
.. Lady Dant
Born:
April 27, 1965
in
Richmond, Surrey
Best Known For:
Punching Hugh Grant at the altar in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Early-life:
Anna Chancellor was born on April 27, 1965, in Richmond, Surrey, into an aristocratic family. She was the daughter of the Hon Mary Joliffe (daughter of William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton, of the Baron Hyltons) and John Chancellor. Her uncle is journalist Alexander Chancellor and her eight-times great aunt was author Jane Austen. She has spent time living in several countries around the world and has a particular attraction to Zimbabwe. She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, but left at the age of 21 when she became pregnant with her daughter, Poppy.
Career:
Although Chancellor's first love is the stage, she has extensive film and TV credits to her name. She appeared in Inspector Morse, Poirot and Comedy Playhouse before her big break came in 1994 playing 'Duckface', Hugh Grant's largely hated bride-to-be in Four Weddings and a Funeral. Since then she has had small-screen success in Kavanagh QC and Tipping the Velvet, and appeared in such big-budget outings as A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Agent Cody Banks 2, Breaking and Entering and St Trinian's. She also had a regular role in Spooks.
Quote:
"I do try and curb my mouth, but I find it really hard. I wonder how many jobs I've talked myself out of!"
Trivia:
Chancellor is one of the Honorary Patrons of the London children's charity Scene & Heard.
Anthony Fabian
(Director)
