| The Purple Taxi | |
| Director: | Yves Boisset |
| Native Name: | |
| Producer: | Catherine Winter |
| Based On: | Un taxi mauve by Michel Déon |
| Starring: | Charlotte Rampling Peter Ustinov Fred Astaire Edward Albert |
| Music: | Philippe Sarde |
| Cinematography: | Tonino Delli Colli |
| Editing: | Albert Jurgenson |
| Distributor: | ParaFrance Films |
| Runtime: | 120 minutes |
| Country: | France Italy Ireland |
| Language: | French |
The Purple Taxi (French: Un taxi mauve,) is a 1977 French-Irish-Italian film directed by Yves Boisset, based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Michel Déon. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
The film is about a group of emotionally troubled expatriates living in a self-imposed exile in a small village (Eyeries) on the Beara Peninsula in Ireland.
Filmed on location between October 1976 and January 1977 in Lismore, County Waterford, Kenmare, County Kerry and at Cork Airport.[2] Filming also took place at Ardmore Studios.[3] [4]
The film's score was performed by The Chieftains.[5]