A film by Ismail Merchant
A magical, mysterious creation the embraces many genres and themes, The Proprietor is anchored by Jeanne Moreau’s superb performance as Adrienne Mark, and expatriate French novelest who leaves New York to return to Paris – the city she fled as a child during the Nazi occupation – when her old home there comes up for sale. It is an experience that, in many ways, will prove disturbing for her. Yet in discovering the truth behind her mother’s sudden dissaperance, Adrienne’s guilty feelings of having ‘abandoned’ her are finally laid to rest, and her homecoming turns out to be a happy one.