| A Woman in Transit | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Léa Pool |
| Producer: | Bernadette Payeur |
| Starring: | Paule Baillargeon Louise Marleau |
| Music: | Yves Laferrière |
| Cinematography: | Georges Dufaux Daniel Jobin |
| Editing: | Michel Arcand |
| Studio: | ACPAV |
| Distributor: | J.-A. Lapointe Films |
| Runtime: | 89 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
| Budget: | $ 562,000 (estimated) |
A Woman in Transit (French: La Femme de l'hôtel) is a 1984 Canadian French-language drama film directed by Léa Pool.[1]
Andrea Richler (Paule Baillargeon) is a well-known director who returns to her home town of Montreal to film a high-budget musical drama. At her hotel, she has a brief but unsettling encounter with a suicidal elderly woman named Estelle (Louise Marleau). This is briefly forgotten until later when she meets the old lady again and with mounting incredulity Andrea discovers that the actual events in the woman's life mirror the fictional events in the director's film.[2]
| Montreal World Film Festival | 1984 | Carlsberg International Press Prize | Léa Pool | [3] | |
| Festival of Festivals | 1984 | Best Canadian Film | [4] | ||
| Chicago International Film Festival | 1984 | Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress | Louise Marleau | [5] | |
| Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma | 1985 | Prix Luc-Perreault | Léa Pool | [6] | |
| Genie Awards | 1985 | Best Motion Picture | Bernadette Payeur | [7] | |
| Best Actress | Louise Marleau | [8] | |||
| Best Director | Léa Pool | ||||
| Best Original Screenplay | Michel Langlois, Léa Pool | ||||
| Best Original Song | Paule Baillargeon, Marjolène Morin, Yves Laferrière — "Touch Me" |