: Michael's French business partner, Jacques, offers to drive Anne directly to Paris. What is supposed to be a simple seven-hour car ride quickly transforms into a leisurely road trip.
: The screenplay is heavily inspired by a real-life 2009 road trip taken by Eleanor Coppola when she was forced to drive from Cannes to Paris with her husband's French business associate. PARIS CAN WAIT || A Sony Pictures Classics Release Bonjour Anne (Paris Can Wait)
The plot follows Anne, a woman at a crossroads in her life. She is married to Michael, a highly successful, driven, and chronically inattentive Hollywood movie producer. : Michael's French business partner, Jacques, offers to