Victor Victoria, starring Julie Andrews, Robert Preston and James Garner, was released in 1982. It's hard to believe this film is nearly 30 years old. All the main characters are expats in Paris during the difficult years following the great stock market crash of 1929 in the US. Victoria Grant … [Read more...] about Expat Films: Victor Victoria
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Expat Films: Anna and the King
Released in 1999, starring Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat and Tom Felton. Based on the diaries of Anna Leonowens, an English widow who spent six years in the court of Siam as teacher to King Mongkut’s children, the film pays homage to Anna, portrays some of the historical events of the time, and adds … [Read more...] about Expat Films: Anna and the King
Expat Films: Mosquito Coast
Mosquito Coast, starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren and River Phoenix, based on a book by Paul Theroux, chronicles the adventures of the Fox family. Brilliant inventor/philosopher/father Allie Fox (Harrison Ford) gets disgusted with the United States and moves his family to the jungles of Central … [Read more...] about Expat Films: Mosquito Coast