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A Woman in Transit

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A Woman in Transit


French	La Femme de l'hôtel

Directed by	Léa Pool
Written by	Robert Gurik Michel Langlois Léa Pool
Produced by	Bernadette Payeur
Starring	Paule Baillargeon Louise Marleau
Cinematography	Georges Dufaux Daniel Jobin
Edited by	Michel Arcand
Music by	Yves Laferrière
Production company	ACPAV
Distributed by	J.-A. Lapointe Films
Release date	August 21, 1984 (1984-08-21)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French
Budget	$ 562,000 (estimated)

A Woman in Transit (French: La Femme de l'hôtel) is a 1984 Canadian French-language drama film directed by Léa Pool.^[1]

Plot

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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.^[2]

Awards

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Award	Date of Ceremony	Category	Nominees	Result	Ref
Montreal World Film Festival	1984	Carlsberg International Press Prize	Léa Pool	Won	^[3]
Festival of Festivals	1984	Best Canadian Film	Léa Pool	Won	^[4]
Chicago International Film Festival	1984	Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress	Louise Marleau	Won	^[5]
Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma	1985	Prix Luc-Perreault	Léa Pool	Won	^[6]
Genie Awards	1985	Best Motion Picture	Bernadette Payeur	Nominated	^[7]
		Best Actress	Louise Marleau	Won	^[8]
		Best Director	Léa Pool	Nominated	^[7]
		Best Original Screenplay	Michel Langlois, Léa Pool	Nominated	^[7]
		Best Original Song	Paule Baillargeon, Marjolène Morin, Yves Laferrière — "Touch Me"	Won	^[8]

References

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^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 243.

^ Liam Lacey, "'One woman with three faces': Plot isn't a top priority to director Lea Pool". The Globe and Mail, October 19, 1984.

^ Ina Warren, "El Norte best film in Montreal festival: Acting awards raise eyebrows". The Globe and Mail, August 28, 1984.

^ Jay Scott, "Film wins place in fans' hearts". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 1984.

^ "Marleau takes best actress prize". The Globe and Mail, November 20, 1984.

^ "'Femme de l'hotel' wins movie prize". Montreal Gazette, January 30, 1985.

^ ^a ^b Bruce Bailey, "Quebec sweeps nominations for best-picture Genie awards". Montreal Gazette, February 15, 1985.

^ ^a ^b Jay Scott, "The Bay Boy's catch: 6 Genies". The Globe and Mail, March 22, 1985.

External links

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Films directed by Léa Pool

Strass Cafè (1980)
A Woman in Transit (1984)
Anne Trister (1986)
Straight for the Heart (1988)
Rispondetemi (1991)
The Savage Woman (1991)
Desire in Motion (1994)
Set Me Free (1999)
Lost and Delirious (2001)
The Blue Butterfly (2004)
Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (2008)
The Last Escape (2010)
Pink Ribbons, Inc. (2011)
The Passion of Augustine (2015)
Worst Case, We Get Married (2017)
Hotel Silence (2024)

Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film

A Woman in Transit (1984)
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks (1985)
The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
Family Viewing (1987)
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988)
Roadkill (1989)
H (1990)
The Adjuster (1991)
Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (1992)
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
Exotica (1994)
Live Bait (1995)
Long Day's Journey into Night (1996)
The Hanging Garden / The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Nô (1998)
The Five Senses (1999)
waydowntown (2000)
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
Spider (2002)
The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
Manufactured Landscapes (2006)
My Winnipeg (2007)
Lost Song (2008)
Cairo Time (2009)
Incendies (2010)
Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
Laurence Anyways (2012)
When Jews Were Funny (2013)
Felix and Meira (2014)
Closet Monster (2015)
Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (2016)
Ravenous (2017)
The Fireflies Are Gone (2018)
Antigone (2019)
Inconvenient Indian (2020)
Ste. Anne (2021)
To Kill a Tiger (2022)
Solo (2023)

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