"In 1939, Elena went to Paris searching for her voice as a writer. What she found was her voice as a woman."

1995

1h 39m

4.4(46 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

A struggling American writer and a fellow American expatriate begin a sordid affair among the chaos and discord of 1940 Paris, France on the brink of World War II.

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16 members

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Audie England

Elena Martin

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Costas Mandylor

Lawrence Walters

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Bernard Zette

Donald

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Eric da Silva

Marcel

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Rory Campbell

Miguel

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Raven Snow

Leila

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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

The Clairvoyant

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Markéta Hrubešová

Bijou

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Robert Davi

The Collector (voice)

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Emma Louise Moore

Ariel

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Marek Vašut

Luc

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James Donahower

Bandleader

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Valérie Zawadská

Landlady

Sound

Stephen Halbert

Harry

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Dale Wyatt

Millicent

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Eva Duchkova

Veiled Woman

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