Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is a 2022 historical comedy-drama film directed and produced by Anthony Fabian, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Carroll Cartwright, Keith Thompson, and Olivia Hetreed. It is the third film adaptation of the 1958 novel Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico. The film stars Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, Lucas Bravo, Ellen Thomas, Rose Williams, and Jason Isaacs. The film enjoyed strong box office success in the United States arthouse circuit.[10] Manville received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for her performance.[11] The film also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design.

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnthony Fabian
Screenplay by
Based onMrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
by Paul Gallico
Produced by
  • Anthony Fabian
  • Xavier Marchand
  • Guillaume Benski
Starring
CinematographyFelix Wiedemann
Edited byBarney Pilling
Music byRael Jones
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 11 July 2022 (2022-07-11) (Paris)
  • 30 September 2022 (2022-09-30) (United Kingdom)
  • 6 October 2022 (2022-10-06) (Hungary)
  • 2 November 2022 (2022-11-02) (France)
Running time
115 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • Hungary[2][3]
Languages
Budget$9–13 million[6][7]
Box office$31.4 million[8][9]

Plot

In 1957 London, Mrs. Ada Harris, a widowed cleaning lady, becomes obsessed with one client's haute couture Dior dress, which triggers a longing to buy one of her own. After unexpectedly receiving a war widow's pension, she travels to Paris to do so. She stumbles into a showing of Dior's 10th-anniversary collection and is befriended by André, the Dior accountant, and Natasha, a Dior model. However, the Dior director, Claudine, resents Ada's intrusion into the exclusive world of haute couture.

Dior has fallen on hard financial times, and because Ada will pay in cash they agree to make her a dress. While in Paris for fittings, she stays with André and encourages him to express his affection for Natasha, who shares his interest in existential philosophy.

When Claudine sacks several Dior workers for financial reasons, Ada organises a strike and forces Claudine and Christian Dior to hear André's ideas to modernise and make the business profitable.

Ada returns to London with her dress. She lends it to a client, Pamela, a struggling actress, who wears it to an event. It catches fire and is ruined. Ada's Dior friends read about it in the newspaper and send her another dress, one she initially coveted more than the purchased one.

Cast

Production

In October 2020, it was announced that Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Jason Isaacs, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista and Lucas Bravo had joined the cast of the film, with Anthony Fabian directing and producing the film, from a screenplay he co-wrote alongside Caroll Cartwright, Keith Thompson and Olivia Hetreed, based upon the novel Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico. Manville was set to be the executive producer.[12][13]

Principal photography began in October 2020.[14] Filming took place over 40 days in Budapest, before production moved to London and Paris.[3]

Release

In March 2021, Focus Features acquired worldwide distribution rights to Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris for approximately $15 million and distributed the film in the United States, while parent company Universal Pictures distributed it internationally.[1] It was released theatrically in the United States on 15 July 2022,[15] though it was originally scheduled to be released on 6 May.[16] The film was released in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2022,[17] in Hungary on 6 October 2022,[18] and in France on 2 November 2022.[19]

The film was released for VOD platforms on August 2, 2022, followed by a Blu-ray and DVD release on September 6, 2022.[20]

Reception

Box office

In the United States, the film made $2 million from 980 theaters in its opening weekend; 44% of its audience were women over the age of 55.[21] The film eventually grossed more than $10 million in the United States theatrically.[8] Deadline Hollywood described the film's box office performance as "strong."[10]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of 175 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "Led by a luminous Lesley Manville, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is a good old-fashioned story charmingly told."[22] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 70 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[23] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[21]

Accolades
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
British Independent Film Awards December 4, 2022 Best Costume Design Jenny Beavan Won [24]
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association December 18, 2022 Best Costume Design Nominated [25]
San Diego Film Critics Society January 6, 2023 Best Costumes Runner-up [26]
Golden Globe Awards January 10, 2023 Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Lesley Manville Nominated [27]
British Academy Film Awards February 19, 2023 Best Costume Design Jenny Beavan Nominated [28]
Costume Designers Guild Awards February 27, 2023 Excellence in Period Film Nominated [29]
Academy Awards 12 March 2023 Best Costume Design Nominated [30]

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