La Femme de l'hôtel 39 years old

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.

Credits

La Femme de l'hôtel Cast

Name Character
Raymond Cloutier He was 39, now 78 years old as The Manager
Paule Baillargeon She was 39, now 78 years old as Andrea Richler

La Femme de l'hôtel Crew

Name Department
Léa Pool as Director. She was 33 (now 73) years old Directing
La Femme de l'hôtel poster
La Femme de l'hôtel (39 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, August 21, 1984
  • Runtime: 89 minutes