La Femme de l'hôtel

Infobox Film
name = La Femme de l'hôtel


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director = Léa Pool
producer = Bernadette Payeur
writer = Robert Gurik
Michel Langlois
Léa Pool
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starring = Paule Baillargeon
Louise Marleau
music = Yves Laferrière
cinematography = Georges Dufaux
editing = Michel Arcand
distributor = J.-A. Lapointe Films
released = August 21, 1984
runtime = 89 minutes
country = CAN
language = French
budget = $ 562,000 (estimated)
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amg_id = 126852
imdb_id = 0087249"La Femme de l'hôtel" is a 1984 Canadian French-language drama film directed by Léa Pool.

Plot

* Andrea Richler (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 (Marleau). This is briefly forgotten until later when 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.

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 International Film Festival Best Canadian Feature Film - Won (Léa Pool)