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Director
  
Lea Pool

Budget
  
562,000 CAD

Duration
  

Country
  
Canada

5.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Music director
  
Yves Laferriere

Language
  
French

Writer
  
Robert Gurik
,
Michel Langlois

Release date
  
August 21, 1984

Cast
  
Louise Marleau
(Estelle David),
Paule Baillargeon
(Andrea Richler),
Serge Dupire
(Simon Richler),
Raymond Cloutier
(The Manager),
Gilles Renaud

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A Woman in Transit (French: La Femme de l'hôtel) is a 1984 Canadian French-language drama film directed by Léa Pool.

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Plot

Andrea Richler (Paule Baillargeon) is a well-known director who returns to her home town of Montreal to film a high-budget musical drama. At her hotel, she has a brief but unsettling encounter with a suicidal elderly woman named Estelle (Louise Marleau). This is briefly forgotten until later when she meets the old lady again and with mounting incredulity Andrea discovers that the actual events in the woman's life mirror the fictional events in the director's film.

Recognition

  • 1985
  • Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song - Won (Paule Baillargeon, Marjolaine Morin, Yves Laferrière)
  • Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Won (Louise Marleau)
  • Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction - Nominated (Léa Pool)
  • Genie Award for Best Motion Picture - Nominated (Bernadette Payeur)
  • Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay - Nominated (Michel Langlois, Léa Pool)
  • 1984
  • Montreal World Film Festival Off-Competition Canadian Movie International Press Award - Won (Léa Pool)
  • Toronto Festival of Festivals Best Canadian Feature Film - Won (Léa Pool)

    • References

    A Woman in Transit Wikipedia
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    A Woman in Transit IMDb