Lesley Manville finds herself on the other side of couture fashion in the charming comedy "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris." The film is directed by "Skin" and "Louder than Words" filmmaker Anthony Fabian and is based on a 1958 book by author Paul Gallico. In the book, a woman named Mrs. Harris is determined to visit Dior's Parisian house to buy a dress of her own.
Focus Features shared some tidbits about "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris," calling it a "whimsical comedy" directed by "Phantom Thread" actress Lesley Manville, who plays a widowed cleaning lady in the period piece set in the 1950s. Isabelle Huppert, Jason Isaacs and Lucas Bravo complete the cast of the film.
Stars: Lesley Manville, Jason Isaacs, Anna Chancellor
After terrifying us with her steely gaze and no-nonsense attitude in "Phantom Thread," Lesley Manville turns around to play a scruffy cleaning lady in "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris" (pronounced Par-EE ). Wasting her life cleaning houses and waiting for her soldier husband to return, Mrs. Harris decides to pool all her savings and head to Paris, where she makes an immediate impact on those French snobs, including Isabelle Huppert, who this time plays the role of pundit. in steel couture who wants to kick Mrs. Harris out of the fashion house.
"Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris" looks absolutely charming and a fun 180 from "Phantom Thread," for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. At the very least, it looks like a period piece about fashion that will be a lot easier than Paul Thomas Anderson's 2017 movie.