Les portes tournantes (1988)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Francis Mankiewicz

Writers:

Francis Mankiewicz (writer)
Jacques Savoie (novel)

Release Date:

7 September 1989 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A quiet painter, separated from his wife for a year, receives a suitcase in the mail from his mother...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

3 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Monique Spaziani	...	Céleste
Gabriel Arcand	...	Madrigal Blaudelle
Miou-Miou	...	Lauda
François Méthé	...	Antoine
Jacques Penot	...	Pierre Blaudelle
Françoise Faucher	...	Simone Blaudelle
Jean-Louis Roux	...	Monsieur Blaudelle
Rémy Girard	...	Monsieur Litwin
Rita Lafontaine	...	Madame Beaumont
Hubert Loiselle	...	Monsieur Beaumont
Papa John Creach	...	John Devil
Charles Reiner	...	Gunther
Marcel Sabourin	...	Homme du Train
Charlotte Laurier	...	Bonne
Martin Faucher	...	Enfant Beaumont

Also Known As:

The Revolving Doors

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

Canada | France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Almonte, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Association Coopérative des Productions Audio-Visuelles (ACPAV)

Movie Connections:

References Tess of the Storm Country (1922)

one of my all time favourite films

I saw this when it came out in 87.. I found it brilliant. Monique Spaziani gives an inspired performance as a woman imprisioned by her times. There is a sense of melancholy that pervades the film. The cinematography is beautiful. As usual, Gabriel Arcand's gorgeous face shows the emotions of a man confused by his mothers abandonment. I think it may be a difficult film for those used to Hollywood standards fo filmmaking...but it is wholely and unashamedly Canadian, strangly enough, it concerns someone who has to interpret Hollywood to Canadian people, I think Francis Mankiewicz purposely used a non-traditional way to tell the story to offset this plot device.