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.
Directed by Léa Pool
Paule Baillargeon
Andrea Richler
Raymond Cloutier
The Manager
Louise Marleau
Estelle David
Kim Yaroshevskaya
The Stranger
Serge Dupire
Marthe Turgeon
Gilles Renaud
Geneviève Paris
