An Almost Perfect Affair
An Almost Perfect Affair is a 1979 romantic comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Keith Carradine and Monica Vitti. The plot is about an affair between a filmmaker and a film producer's wife, set during the Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Hal Raymond, a young tyro filmmaker fresh from graduate school, arrives in France to attend the Cannes Film Festival, where he hopes to sell a movie he has made about the life and times of famed murderer Gary Gilmore. Unbeknown to him, he has failed to observe the proper bureaucratic procedures when bringing his film reels into the country, which forces customs officials at Nice Airport to seize them until further notice. In another queue at the airport is Maria Barone, a glamorous former actress and the wife of leading Italian film producer Federico 'Freddie' Barone. Maria's dog Mortimer is also retained at customs, after she is found to have concealed the animal in her hand luggage.
More details
| author | Walter Bernstein |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Cannes |
| director | Michael Ritchie |
| editor | Richard A. Harris |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | andrew jackson crap end even film festival film reels first time force gary gilmore graduate school hotel carlton intercontinental carlton cannes hotel morning muscle nice airport nice côte d\'azur airport nothing novotel out of fuel palm beach paris private jet young man |
| musicBy | Georges Delerue |
| producer | Terry Carr |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | blaxploitation romantic comedy |