Les Portes Tournantes (1988)
- Starring:
- Monique Spaziani, Gabriel Arcand, (more)
- Director(s):
- Francis Mankiewicz
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Set in a small Quebec town in the late '20s, this moving drama follows the life and exploits of Celeste Beaumont, a talented young pianist, who gains local celebrity at the town movie theater for her gifts as a silent film accompanist. As an added attraction, Celeste dons ornate gowns for each performance. Audiences are just as interested in her ever-changing apparel as they are in the film. Awkward Pierre Blaudell is her biggest fan and eventually convinces Celeste to be his wife. Shortly after she bears his son, Pierre joins the army. She insists on joining him at the base and his meddlesome, snooty parents insist she give them her son. After Pierre is killed in battle, Celeste flees to New York where she finds steady employment as a jazz pianist. She finds a life-long companion with a black musician and chronicles her experiences in a diary that she passes on to her son after he grows up. He becomes a painter and once his own son is grown, reads him the story of Celeste, the youth's grandmother. Intrigued, the young man heads to the Big Apple in hopes of finding her. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Monique Spaziani - Celeste Beaumont
- Miou-Miou - Lauda
- Jacques Penot - Pierre Blaudelle
- Charles Duncan - Musician Jazz
- Rita Lafontaine - Madame Beaumont
- Eric Roberts - Musician - Tchukon
- Charlotte Laurier - Bonne
- Jean-Louis Roux - Monsieur Blaudelle
- Gabriel Arcand - Madrigal Blaudelle
- Francois Methe - Antoine
- Francoise Faucher - Simone Blaudelle
- Michael Sullivan - Douanier
- Donald Lamoureux - Douanier
- Rémy Girard - Monsieur Litwin
- Marcel Sabourin - Homme du Train
- Papa John Creach - John Devil
- Director(s):
- Francis Mankiewicz
- Writer(s):
- Jacques Savoie, Francis Mankiewicz
- Producer(s):
- Monique Letourneau, Lyse Lafontaine, René Malo
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- 1989 - Les Portes Tournantes - Genie Awards - Best Supporting Actor
- 1989 - Les Portes Tournantes - Genie Awards - Best Costume Design






