Mrs Harris Goes to Paris
Cast: Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lucas Bravo, Rose Williams, Ellen Thomas, Lambert Wilson, Jason Isaacs, Anna Chancellor, Alba Baptista, Christian McKay
Director: Anthony Fabian
Rating: 3/5

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is an antiquated fluff piece, the third adaptation of the 1958 classic novel by Paul Gallico, originally titled Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris. Despite the obvious contrivances and fantasy bent, this film ensures a fun ride with a ‘Follow your dreams’ construct that is so much more relevant today than it was in the period this film is set. 

It’s 1950s London and middle-class cockney charwoman Ada (Lesley Manville), has just learned that the husband who has been missing in action (and whom she hoped was alive) in World War II, for years, has been finally declared dead. Ever since she saw a Dior confection hanging in the wardrobe of one of her regular clients, Mrs. H has been yearning for one. So, after learning of her husband’s death and coming into some money after taxes, she chucks aside complacency to make it to Paris and buy herself a Dior gown.  That’s when the real adventure begins…