''A Business Affair'' is a 1994

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film directed by

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and starring Carole Bouquet. Christopher Walken and

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. The film was produced by the

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in coordination with

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and

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and much of the film was shot in

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. On one film poster of the film, Caroline Bouqet is featured with her arms wrapped around Big Ben with the two men beside her.

Plot

The film centers on the life of Kate Swallow, and her susceptibility for falling in love with different men. At the beginning of the film, she is in love with a famous writer named Alec Bolton, who dismisses any intentions she has of writing a novel herself as nonsense, strongly discouraging her. Later, she falls in love with a man named Vanni Cors, the publisher of the firm for which Alec writes books, and she leaves Alec for Vanni. Kate later finds out that Vanni also does not think highly of her writing abilities, yet he had strung her along. Gradually, both men change their attitudes as they vainly struggle to win her affections. Walken has a scene where he is able to perform his trademark

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routine.

Cast

* Carole Bouquet as Kate Swallow *

as Alec Bolton * Christopher Walken as Vanni Corso * Sheila Hancock as Judith *

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as Bianca *

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as Ángel *

Tom Wilkinson Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (born 5 February 1948)Born January–March 1948, according to the ''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com is an English actor of film, television, and stage. He has rece ...

as Bob * Marisa Benlloch as Carmen *

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as Barrister * Jessica Hamilton as Vanni Corso's secretary * Paul Bentall as Drunken Man *

Allan Corduner Allan Corduner (; born 2 April 1950) is a British actor. Born in Stockholm to a German mother and a Russo-Finnish father, Corduner grew up in a secular Jewish home in London. After earning a BA (Hons) in English and Drama at Bristol Univer ...

as Dinner Guest * Marian McLoughlin as Dinner Guest * Miguel De Ángel as Spanish Taxi Driver * Christopher Driscoll as Policeman *

Beth Goddard Elizabeth Jane Goddard (born 31 March 1969), known as Beth Goddard, is a British actress known for her role as Suze Littlewood in the BBC comedy series '' Gimme Gimme Gimme''. Early life Goddard grew up in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, and attended ...

as Student * Fergus O'Donnell as Student * Richard Hampton as Doctor *

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as a Japanese Golfer * Rodolfo Recrio as himself

Release

The film premiered in

on 16 March 1994, later screening in

on 5 May 1994 and

on 22 July 1994. It premiered in the United States in

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on 3 November 1995. The UK version ran for 102 minutes, but the US version has several scenes

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, particularly some of the scenes with nudity, and ran for 98 minutes.

References

External links

* * 1994 films British romantic comedy films French romantic comedy films English-language French films 1994 romantic comedy films 1990s English-language films 1990s British films 1990s French films {{1990s-romantic-comedy-film-stub