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The Proprietor
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Synopsis
Noted producer Ismail Merchant stepped up to the director's chair for this drama. Adrienne Mark (Jeanne Moreau) is the most acclaimed French novelist of her generation, whose best known work, Je M'Appelle France, was an international best-seller made into an award-winning French film (and a disastrous Americanized remake). Adrienne is living in New York City when she learns that the flat in Paris where she grew up (as Adrienne Markowsky) is up for sale. Looking for a key to her past, she buys the apartment and discovers a cache of letters written by her late mother. Adrienne's mother died in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII, but while she's been led to believe that her mother was betrayed while working with the resistance, the letters suggest that the truth was far more troubling. Along the way, Adrienne is romantically pursued by a young fan, William O'Hara (Josh Hamilton), though he instead finds love with Virginia Kelly (Sean Young), an American film producer eager to work with the great writer. The Proprietor also features Sam Waterston, Nell Carter, and Austin Pendleton. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jean-Pierre Aumont Franz Legendre
Nell Carter Millie Jackson
Christopher Cazenove Eliott Spencer
Josh Hamilton William O'Hara
Austin Pendleton Willy Kunst
Sam Waterston Harry Bancroft
Sean Young Virginia Kelly
Jeanne Moreau Adrienne Mark

Production Crew

Bernadette Saint-Loubert Art Director
Larry Pizer Camera Operator
Frederique Moidon Casting
Abigail Murray Costume Designer
Anne de Laugardiere Costume Designer
Anne Delaugardiere Costume Designer
Ismail Merchant Director
Willie Webb Editor
Osman Eralp Executive Producer
Paul Bradley Executive Producer
Christopher Granier-Deferre First Assistant Director
Donald Rosenfeld Producer
Humbert Balsan Producer
Bruno Santini Production Designer
Kevin Thompson Production Designer
George W.S. Trow Screenwriter
Jean-Marie Besset Screenwriter
Richard Robbins Songwriter
Didier Sain Sound/Sound Designer
Larry Loewinger Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1996
Runtime: 113
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for brief sexuality
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Produced by
Merchant-Ivory Productions
Warner Brothers