The Purple Taxi (French: Un taxi mauve, lit. 'A mauve taxi') is a 1977 French-Irish-Italian film directed by Yves Boisset, based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Michel Déon. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
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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.
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
Production
Filmed on location between October 1976 and January 1977 in Lismore, County Waterford, Kenmare, County Kerry and at Cork Airport. Filming also took place at Ardmore Studios.
Film score
The film's score was performed by The Chieftains.