Le Divorce

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Le Divorce

Le Divorce film poster
Directed byJames Ivory
Produced byIsmail Merchant
Michael Schiffer
Written byRuth Prawer Jhabvala
James Ivory
(based on the novel by Diane Johnson)
StarringKate Hudson
Naomi Watts
Glenn Close
Leslie Caron
Music byRichard Robbins
CinematographyPierre Lhomme
Distributed byFox Searchlight
Release date(s)8 August 2003
Running time117 minutes
LanguageEnglish
French
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Le Divorce is a 2003 Merchant Ivory Productions' film directed by James Ivory. Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala & James Ivory based on Diane Johnson's bestselling novel. The two leading roles were originally going to be played by Natalie Portman and Winona Ryder, but both dropped out a few weeks before filming began.

It tells the story of a young American woman Isabel Walker who travels to Paris to visit her pregnant sister Roxy (Roxeanne). Roxy's husband Charles-Henri left her for his lover Magda Tellman. Later on, Isabel secretly falls in love with her French uncle-in-law Edgar Cosset and becomes his mistress.

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Location

Le Divorce was filmed in Paris at locations including Café de Flore, Tour Eiffel, Musée du Louvre and Salle Gaveau (concert sequence, Alan Ewing and uncredited Les Arts Florissants member performed Marc-Antoine Charpentier's "Pleurons plutôt de présentes douleurs" from "Il faut rire et chanter: Dispute de bergers, H. 484" which was recorded previously with William Christie, but they performed again just for this film).

Music

Opening title music was Paul Misraki's "Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux", sung by Patrick Bruel & Johnny Hallyday from Bruel's CD "Entre deux". End title music was Serge Gainsbourg's "L'Anamour", sung by Jane Birkin from her CD "Version Jane". But the film's Hermès's handbag was a Kelly Bag, not a Birkin.

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James Ivory

Birth name James Francis Ivory
Born May 7 1928 (1928--) (age 79)
Berkeley, California

Awards
Academy Awards

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Ismail Merchant

Birth name Ismail Noormohamed Abdul Rehman
Born December 25, 1936

Died May 25, 2005

Years active 1960 - 2005

Ismail Merchant
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (born May 7, 1927) is a Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. She is perhaps best known for her long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of director James Ivory and the late
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James Ivory

Birth name James Francis Ivory
Born May 7 1928 (1928--) (age 79)
Berkeley, California

Awards
Academy Awards

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Diane Johnson (born April 28, 1934) is an American born novelist and essayist whose satirical novels often contain American heroines living abroad in contemporary France.

Born in Moline, Illinois, Johnson's recent books include L'Affaire (2004), Le Mariage
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Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson signing autographs after an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman promoting You, Me and Dupree, July 17, 2006, photo by Katie Kiehn
Birth name Kate Garry Hudson
Born March 19 1979
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Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts at the premiere of King Kong in Wellington, New Zealand
Birth name Naomi Ellen Watts
Born September 28 1968 (1968--) (age 39)
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Glenn Close

Glenn Close (right) and Jim Dale in 2006 performing Busker Alley

Born March 19 1947 (1947--) (age 60)
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Leslie Caron

Birth name Leslie Claire Margaret Caron
Born July 1 1931 (1931--) (age 76)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France

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Richard Robbins (b. December 4 1940 in South Weymouth, Massachusetts) is an American film composer known for his work on Merchant Ivory films.

Filmography

  • Sweet Sounds (1976, short) - director
  • Roseland (1977) - assistant to producer Ismail Merchant

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Pierre Lhomme (b. 5 April 1930, Boulogne-sur-Seine, near-Paris, France) is a French Director of Photography.

Filmography

  • 2002 : Le Divorce by James Ivory
  • 1999 : Cotton Mary by Ismail Merchant
  • 1998 : Voleur de vie

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Fox Searchlight Pictures is the specialty film division of 20th Century Fox, established in 1994. It has a more indie slant than its parent company, and has produced and/or distributed films.
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Merchant Ivory Productions (1961- ) is a film company founded by director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant. Their films were for the most part directed by the former, produced by the latter and scripted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (a noted exception of a few films).
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James Ivory

Birth name James Francis Ivory
Born May 7 1928 (1928--) (age 79)
Berkeley, California

Awards
Academy Awards

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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (born May 7, 1927) is a Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. She is perhaps best known for her long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of director James Ivory and the late
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James Ivory

Birth name James Francis Ivory
Born May 7 1928 (1928--) (age 79)
Berkeley, California

Awards
Academy Awards

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Diane Johnson (born April 28, 1934) is an American born novelist and essayist whose satirical novels often contain American heroines living abroad in contemporary France.

Born in Moline, Illinois, Johnson's recent books include L'Affaire (2004), Le Mariage
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Natalie Portman

Portman at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival, presenting V for Vendetta.
Birth name Natalie Hershlag
(Hebrew: נטלי הרשלג)
Born
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Winona Ryder

Birth name Winona Laura Horowitz
Born September 29 1971 (1971--) (age 36)
Olmsted County, Minnesota, U.S.A.
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Ville de Paris

City flag City coat of arms

Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur
(Latin: "Tossed by the waves, she does not sink")

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Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson signing autographs after an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman promoting You, Me and Dupree, July 17, 2006, photo by Katie Kiehn
Birth name Kate Garry Hudson
Born March 19 1979
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Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts at the premiere of King Kong in Wellington, New Zealand
Birth name Naomi Ellen Watts
Born September 28 1968 (1968--) (age 39)
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Melvil Poupaud is a French actor, born in Paris, 26 January 1973.

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  • Un Homme Perdu (2007), by Danielle Arbid, as Thomas
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Catherine Samie (born 1933) is French actress and member (Sociétaire, doyen) of Comédie-Française from 1962.

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Leslie Caron

Birth name Leslie Claire Margaret Caron
Born July 1 1931 (1931--) (age 76)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France

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Thierry Lhermitte (born November 24, 1952) is a French actor, best known for his comedic roles. He was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, and Michel Blanc.
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For the Canadian television personality, see Natalie Richard
Nathalie Richard (born 1962 in Paris, France) is an actress.

She received the Prix Michel Simon film prize for most promising actress/actor for her role in the 1988 Jacques Rivette film
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