Synopsis
Even though the protagonist of the Canadian Femme De L'Hotel is a female filmmaker, one would think twice before suggesting that this effort by Swiss-born director Lea Pool is autobiographical. Paule Baillargeon portrays a well-known director who returns to her home town of Montreal to film a high-budget musical drama. At her hotel, Paule has a brief but unsettling encounter with a suicidal elderly woman (Louise Marleau). This element of the plot is briefly forgotten as we get to know the actors in Paule's current project. Then she meets the old lady again, and with mounting incredulity Paule discovers that the actual events in the woman's life mirror the fictional events in the director's film.
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Festival History
- Munich Film Festival 1985 generic
- Chicago International Film Festival 1984 generic
- Montreal World Film Festival 1984 generic - Best Canadian Film ★ Best Canadian Film
- Toronto International Film Festival 1984 generic
Titles
| Original title | LA FEMME DE L'HÔTEL | French |
| Alternate title | L'Insulaire | |
| Alternate title | A Woman in Transit |
Versions & editions
| Original version (French) |
Full credits
| Director | Léa Pool |
| Cast | Serge Dupire, Michel La Veaux, Jacques Leduc, Louise Marleau, Geneviève Paris, Gilles Renaud, Francine Ruel, Marthe Turgeon, Kim Yaroshevskaya, Paule Baillargeon, Claude Chamberlan, Raymond Cloutier |
| Screenplay | Robert Gurik, Michel Langlois, Léa Pool |
| Producer | Marc Daigle, Bernadette Payeur |
| Cinematography | Georges Dufaux, Daniel Jobin |
| Editing | Michel Arcand |
| Music | Yves Laferrière |
| Production design | Vianney Gauthier |
| Sound | Henri Blondeau, Michel Arcand, Serge Beauchemin |
| Costumes | Gaudeline Sauriol |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
