The Divorce
Synopsis
Two American sisters are dragged into a whirlwind of intrigues set in Paris where cultural shock is mirrored by the clash of passions. This results in a brilliant comedy of manners about money, marriage, morality, sex and social relationships that casts a new light on American travelers abroad.
Isabel Walker, a typical young Californian, arrives in the City of Light to visit her pregnant sister, Roxeanne. A poetess in the dark romantic vein, Roxy has just been dumped by her wretch of a husband, Charles-Henri de Persand, and it would appear that the couple are heading for divorce.
Meanwhile, Isabel discovers love in the arms of a married French diplomat – who just happens to be the uncle of Roxy’s future ex. What follows is a social scandal where American idealism and the Walker sisters’ fiery spirit clash with the sophistication and stubborn rationalism of the Persands. Things get more complicated when Roxy discovers that her favorite painting, which she had taken to the United States ...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (22)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Merchant Ivory Productions France
- Foreign production company : Merchant Ivory
- French distribution : Fox France
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriters : James Ivory, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Director of Photography : Pierre Lhomme
- Music Composer : Richard Robbins
- Editor : John David Allen
- Sound recordists : Jean-Luc Laborde, Kirsty Whalley, Stéphane Reichart
- Costume designer : Carol Ramsey
- Author of original work : Diane Johnson
- Press Attaché (film) : Françoise Dessaigne
- Production Designer : Frédéric Bénard
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Coproducer countries : France, United States
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (France, United States)
