Ladies Room (2000)

In an ethereal, high-ceilinged room, women stand, waiting. Perhaps it's Purgatory and they're dead. In the room, two young women, one an actress and the other a psychologist, watch the last... See full summary »

Director:

Gabriella Cristiani

Writers:

Leila Basen, Natalina Di Leandro,

Stars:

Molly Parker, Veronica Ferres, Lorraine Bracco

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Molly Parker	...	Julia
Veronica Ferres	...	Lauren
Lorraine Bracco	...	Gemma
Greta Scacchi	...	Lucia
John Malkovich	...	Roberto
Alan Fawcett	...	Bill (as Allan Fawcett)
Dorothée Berryman	...	Bag Lady
Steve Bratzlaff	...	Filippo
John Glasspoole	...	Adam
Linda Smith	...	Kelly (as Linda T. Smith)
Yahsmin Daviault	...	Bree
Anne Dryburgh	...	Wig (as Anne Dryburg)
Genevieve DuPaul	...	Dancer Student #4
Julien Irwin Dupuy	...	Young Boy
Gillian Ferrabee	...	Luella (as Gillian Ferra Bee)

Storyline

In an ethereal, high-ceilinged room, women stand, waiting. Perhaps it's Purgatory and they're dead. In the room, two young women, one an actress and the other a psychologist, watch the last few days of their lives on a TV screen. Both are having affairs with married men, each has a long encounter with her lover's wife, and both these scenes take place in a ladies' room, one backstage at a play that's about to preview, the other at an opera house during the first act. The relationships between each pair of younger and older women take surprising turns, and in the room with the TV, a sylph asks probing and challenging questions of the two young women as they watch.

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Plot Keywords:

actress | ladies room | opera | italian | pregnant wife | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

Canada UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 1999 (France)

Also Known As:

Enoho mystiko

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Transfilm, Ciné-Roman Inc., Smallrain

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Roberto: I have to see my Japanese clients.
Lauren: They don't look Japanese.
Roberto: That's what they want you to think! They've even hidden their cameras.

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Soundtracks

"Beatrice di Tenda"
(extracts)
Music by Vincenzo Bellini

User Reviews

Not at all like the cover blurb

My husband and I rented this film thinking it might be a classic farce, as the cover copy suggested. Thirty or so minutes in, we were wondering if we had rented a movie that had never actually been watched by the person writing the promotional material. It was slow and not a comedy, in our opinion, and definitely *not at all* like the description. We were bored and disappointed and ended up returning the film to the rental store.