Film

The Revolving Doors

1988 · 1h 41m · Drama

IMDb

6.6

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.

Monique Spaziani

Céleste Beaumont

Gabriel Arcand

Madrigale Blaudelle

Miou-Miou

Lauda

François Méthé

Antoine

Françoise Faucher

Simone Blaudelle

Rémy Girard

Monsieur Litwin

Rita Lafontaine

Madame Beaumont

Jacques Penot

Pierre Blaudelle

Jean-Louis Roux

Monsieur Blaudelle

Charles Reiner

Gunther

Marcel Sabourin

Homme du train

Charlotte Laurier

Bonne

Hubert Loiselle

Monsieur Beaumont

Papa John Creach

John Devil

• Francis MankiewiczDirector
• Jacques SavoieWriter
• Francyne MorinProducer
• René MaloProducer
• Thomas VámosDirector of Photography
• François DompierreOriginal Music Composer

Release date

May 26, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 41m

Budget

$2,746,750

Genres

Drama