Merci Docteur Rey

Merci Docteur Rey
Directed by	Andrew Litvack
Produced by	Ismail Merchant (executive) Nathalie Gastaldo Rahila Bootwala Paul Bradley (co-producer)
Written by	Andrew Litvack
Starring	Dianne Wiest Jane Birkin Stanislas Merhar Bulle Ogier
Music by	Geoffrey Alexander Giacomo Puccini (from opera "Turandot")
Cinematography	Laurent Machuel
Editing by	Giles Gardner
Distributed by	Regent Releasing (USA)
Release date(s)	13 October 2002 (Mill Valley Film Festival)
Running time	91 min.
Language	English French

Merci Docteur Rey is a 2002 Merchant Ivory's gay comedy film directed by Andrew Litvack, starring Diane Wiest and Jane Birkin. Filmed in Paris.

Synopsis

A young man is recruited into an illicit love triangle to watch a much older man’s sexual liaison, but ends up witnessing what turns out to be his murder. The next day the young man's opera diva mother, played by Dianne Wiest, informs him that his estranged father has been in Paris… until the previous night when he was murdered.

Seeking help with a psychiatrist, the young man comes across an eccentric actress (Jane Birkin), who has come totally unhinged by the death of that psychiatrist, the infamous Docteur Rey. At first mistaking her for the doctor, the young man embarks on a madcap mystery, reminiscent of an Agatha Christie novel, with Paris as the backdrop.

Cast

Starring

• Dianne Wiest - Elisabeth Beaumont
• Jane Birkin - Pénélope
• Stanislas Merhar - Thomas Beaumont
• Bulle Ogier - Claude Sabrié
• Karim Saleh - Murderer
• Didier Flamand - Detective
• Roschdy Zem - Taxi Driver
• Nathalie Richard - Radio Interviewer
• Dan Herzberg - Rollerboy
• Jerry Hall - Sybil
• Simon Callow - Bob
• Vanessa Redgrave - Herself

and

• Yousry Nasrallah - TV Interviewer
• Canaan Marguerite - Gigolo #1
• Olivier Augrond - Gigolo #2
• Christophe Fleuret - Gigolo #3
• Ruth Handlen - Dr. Rey
• Vanina Vignal - Florist
• Franck Lorrain - Boy #1
• Yohan Font - Boy #2
• Volodia Serre - Boy #3
• Vernon Dobtcheff - François
• Hosh Ibrahim - Police Officer
• Johanna Leica - Receptionist
• Ilir Selmoski - Horror Movie Actor
• Charlotte Schioler - Horror Movie Actress
• Michel Filipi - Dubbing Director
• Akiko Toda - Liù
• Daniel Minerva - Calaf
• Jana Bittnerová - Bearded Lady
• Adam Kian - Prince of Persia
• Begag Azzouz - Executioner
• Hossein Ghavanloo - Sword Swallower
• Joyca Ghrenassia - Gypsy Street Singer
• François de Bartillat - Accompanied by

External links

• Merci Docteur Rey at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Film Site