PARISIAN FASHION, FROMAGE AND AMOUR TAKE CENTER STAGE WHEN BETHANY JOY LENZ, STANLEY WEBER AND BEN WIGGINS STAR IN "SAVORING PARIS," A NEW, ORIGINAL MOVIE PREMIERING JUNE 8, ON HALLMARK CHANNEL

Part of the Network's Passport to Love Programming Event

STUDIO CITY, CA - May 22, 2024 - When the heart overrides the head it leads to a Parisian adventure filled with fashion, fromage and romance when Bethany Joy Lenz (A Biltmore Christmas, One Tree Hill), Stanley Weber (Monsieur Spade, Drops of Gold) and Ben Wiggins (The Sandman, Hollyoaks) star in Savoring Paris, a new, original movie premiering Saturday, June 8 (8 p.m. ET/PT), on Hallmark Channel. Shot partly on location in Paris, the movie is as part of the network's Passport to Love programming event.

Ella (Lenz) is a burned out exec at an American food chain who realizes the happiest time of her life was during a trip to Paris after college. Dreaming of the best cheese she ever had and ready to start fresh, Ella quits her job and jets off to the City of Lights to recapture that feeling and rejuvenate as she considers what's next. Free from a job that made her unhappy and away from her well-meaning mom (Lucy Newman-Williams, Joyeux Noel) who always urges her to make safe and practical life choices, Ella embraces her newfound joie de vivre. While there, Ella is swept into a social life courtesy of her charming landlord and new friend Clotilde (Manon Azem, Mercato) and soon finds herself being courted by Clotilde's cousin Gaston (Wiggins), a dashing local. Meanwhile, Ella begins to forge a friendship - or possibly more - with Serge (Weber), the prickly proprietor of the local fromagerie as she navigates this new chapter in her life. But just as she decides what she wants in life - and who she wants to be with - cultural differences put those plans in question.

Savoring Paris is from Hallmark Media. Amanda Morgan Palmer and Samantha Sprecher are executive producers. Kristin Kambitova serves as producer. The movie is produced by Jeffery Beach and Phillip J. Roth. Sufo Evtimov is line producer. Clare Niederpruem directed from a teleplay by Joie Botkin based on the book Fromage À Trois by Victoria Brownlee

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