An Almost Perfect Affair

An Almost Perfect Affair
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Directed byMichael Ritchie
Written byWalter Bernstein
Don Petersen
Produced byTerry Carr
StarringKeith Carradine
Monica Vitti
Raf Vallone
Christian De Sica
Dick Anthony Williams
Anna Maria Horsford
CinematographyHenri Decaë
Edited byRichard A. Harris
Music byGeorges Delerue
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 27, 1979 (1979-04-27)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.5 million[1]

An Almost Perfect Affair is a 1979 romantic comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Keith Carradine and Monica Vitti. The plot is about an affair between a filmmaker and a film producer's wife, set during the Cannes Film Festival.

Despite several favourable reviews the film did not perform well upon release, and Paramount Pictures quickly withdrew it from circulation. It thus has a reputation as a 'lost' movie, although it has since been broadcast on television and is now available on DVD.

  1. ^ Paul Rosenfield, 'Of Pirates and Perrier', Los Angeles Times, 26 August 1979, M1.