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Overview

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6.3/10   681 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ann Biderman (story)
David Greenwalt (writer)
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Release Date:
26 October 1984 (USA) more
Tagline:
She was an ordinary housewife until her trip to Paris turned into an extraordinary adventure.
Plot:
Frustrated housewife/writer Cathy Palmer ghostwrites a story about Rebecca Ryan, a dashing international spy... more | add synopsis
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1 win more
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Beautiful, Glorious and Heartbreaking more (40 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

JoBeth Williams ... Cathy Palmer / Rebecca Ryan
Tom Conti ... Alan McMann

Giancarlo Giannini ... Victor Marchand
Coral Browne ... Margaret McMann

James Staley ... Kevin Palmer
Christopher Daniel Barnes ... Kevin Palmer Jr. (as C.B. Barnes)
Huckleberry Fox ... Karl Palmer
Jean Rougerie ... Don Carlos
Pierre Santini ... Inspector Klaus
Léon Zitrone ... Ivan Stranauvlitch
Alain Flick ... Train Passenger #1
Yassan Khan ... Train Passenger #2
Christian de Tillière ... Train Passenger #3
André Valardy ... Dimitri
Robin Coleman ... Golf Buddy #1
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105 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Continuity: When Cathy and Alan are on the roof of the mansion, Cathy is seen wearing high heeled boots. When the boards they are walking on give way underneath them and they are left hanging from a bar over the water, you can see Cathy's boots no longer have heels. more
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Ivan Stranauvlitch: I drink to Rebecca Ryan! She's the first real woman I have met in all of France. more

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Beautiful, Glorious and Heartbreaking, 14 April 2003
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Author: herald_teresa from Vancouver, B.C. Canada

Jo Beth does a beautiful job of portraying a housewife in a dead end marriage, getting the opportunity of a lifetime - winning a trip to Paris based on her writing abilities.

Once in Paris, an accident robs her of her memory and she automatically assumes the identity of the heroine of the novels she reads, incidentally dragging the real author into her fantasy world.

It is exhilerating how her belief sweeps all before her, bringing a new love into her life. It's also heartbreaking when the two identities finally collide, dropping her out of the fantasy. This was done in the most public and humiliating way possible, typical of American comedic film-making, which I don't agree with.

In the end, the housewife emerges victorious, free and stronger than she has ever been in her life.

Tom Conti as the hapless author is also brilliant, a wonderful counterpoint to Jo Beth. :)

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