Les portes tournantes (1988)

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Country: Canada, France
Genres: Drama, Music
Release: 1989-06-30
Director: Francis Mankiewicz (I) (1944–1993)
Writers: Francis Mankiewicz (I) (1944–1993) , Jacques Savoie
Language: French
Stars: Monique Spaziani , Gabriel Arcand , Miou-Miou , François Méthé , Jacques Penot , Françoise Faucher , Jean-Louis Roux , Rémy Girard , Rita Lafontaine , Hubert Loiselle
Runtime: 101 min
Awards: 3 wins & 8 nominations
AKA: Les portes tournantes (Canada) , The Revolving Doors , Les portes tournantes , Le porte girevoli (Italy) , W obrotowych drzwiach (Poland) , As Portas Giratórias (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Elämä koskettimilla (Finland) , 回転扉 (Japan) , Forgóajtók (Hungary) , Revolving Doors (Germany) , Doces Ecos do Passado (Brazil) , No disparen a la pianista (Spain)
Plot: A quiet painter, separated from his wife for a year, receives a suitcase in the mail from his mother, whom he hasn't seen since infancy. He believes she abandoned him to his wealthy, paternal grandparents. The suitcase contains mementos and a diary, a long letter to him, written over the years, with details of her youth, her first job as a pianist at a cinema, the coming of talkies, her marriage, and how he came to live with his grandparents. As he reads through the materials and her story comes to life, his son Antoine, who's about 10 or 12, tries to break through his father's silence and sorrow by taking matters into his own hands.
IMDB:tt0095891