The Purple Taxi

The Purple Taxi (Un taxi mauve, lit. 'A mauve taxi') 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.

Plot
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.

Cast

 * Charlotte Rampling - Sharon Frederick
 * Peter Ustinov - Taubelman
 * Fred Astaire - Dr. Seamus Scully
 * Edward Albert - Jerry
 * Philippe Noiret - Philippe Marcal
 * Agostina Belli - Anne Taubelman
 * Jack Watson - Sean
 * Mairin D. O'Sullivan - Colleen
 * David Kelly - Little Person
 * Niall Buggy - Little Person
 * May Cluskey - (as May Clusky)
 * Loan Do Huu - Madame Li
 * Brendon Doyle
 * Michael Duffy
 * Derek Lord

Production
Filmed on location between October 1976 and January 1977 in Lismore, County Waterford, Kenmare, County Kerry and at Cork Airport. Filming also took place at Ardmore Studios.

Film score
The film's score was performed by The Chieftains.