Paris, seventies. In a hotel in the glittering Rue de Rivoli an English boy falls in love with the two young grandchildren of the owner. Based on the novel "La Mandarine" by Christine de Rivoyre.
Acting
Murray Head's louche charm carries the entire premise.
Costume
Seventies Parisian fashion that screams 'I have a wine cellar.'
Director
Édouard Molinaro
Annie Girardot
Séverine Lapierre
Philippe Noiret
Georges Lapierre
Madeleine Renaud
Mme Boulard, dite « Mémé Boule »
Murray Head
Antony 'Tony' Bellay-Vanguard
Marie-Hélène Breillat
Baba
Jean-Claude Dauphin
Alain
Robert Berri
Le client qui dîne
Madeleine Damien
Augustine, la femme de chambre
Nane Germon
La sage-femme
Pippo Mérisi
Le maître d'hotel
Robert Berri
Un employé de l'hôtel
Jacques Provins
Arsène, le concierge
Jean Roquel
Gaston, le garçon d'étage
Marthe Villalonga
La bonne espagnole
Jean Michaud
Un médecin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Murray Head had just starred in 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and brought similar ambiguous sexuality to this lighter role.
The film captures the precise moment when French cinema transitioned from New Wave edge to commercial sex comedy, with Christine de Rivoyre's novel providing respectable literary cover.
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