Mrs Harris Goes to Paris

 

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris 2022

• Director: Anthony Fabian
• Seen by this director: Skin
• Based on the book by Paul Gallico
• Cast: Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Jason Isaac, Alba Baptista, Ellen Thomas, Lucas Bravo, Rose Williams, Anna Chancellor
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Lesley Manville – The Crown, Let Him Go, River, Mr Turner, Another Year, Sparkle, Vera Drake, Secrets & Lies
• Isabelle Huppert – The Lacemaker, The Pianist
• Jason Isaac – Harry Potter, Case Studies
• Why? Lesley Manville
• Seen:  14 March 2025 

            War widow Ada Harris (Manville) makes her living cleaning for rich people and taking in sewing. She sees a beautiful £500 Dior frock at one of her client’s (who is very reluctant to pay Mrs Harris’s wages) and falls in love. She wants a Dior frock.

            Counting her small savings doesn’t help but winning on a dog race, getting a reward for turning in an expensive ring to the police, and suddenly getting ten years’ back pay in war widow’s pension do. Off to Paris she goes.

            Charwoman meets snobby Parisian fashion, shocking some, charming others.

            A sweet little bagatelle with a sharp class conflict. Manville is perfect as the warm-hearted, feisty, outspoken working class char with dreams. 

4* of 5