Sliding Doors
- Gwyneth Paltrow: Helen Quilley
- John Hannah: James Hammerton
- John Lynch: Gerry
- Jeanne Tripplehorn: Lydia
- Zara Turner: Anna
- Douglas McFerran: Russell
- Paul Brightwell: Clive
- Nina Young: Claudia
- Kevin R. McNally: Paul
She loves him - she does not love him (Original Title: Sliding Doors) is a British- American romantic drama from 1998 was directed by Peter Howitt, who also wrote the screenplay.. The main role was played by Gwyneth Paltrow.
Action
It will be played through two possible developments in the life of London's PR expert Helen Quilley. It is sacked four bottles of alcohol borrowed from the kitchen in the office. Quilley says, their testosterone - oriented colleagues they want to get rid of for some time. In the elevator, she loses an earring, the James Hammerton picks. He is impressed by it. Helen wants to take the subway home. The film is divided into two parallel and steadily against each cut alternatives at a station.
In the first action version Helen missed the subway, in the second time they reached the train. In this version of the story she is sitting in the subway next to Hammerton, who responds. His speech flow bugging them first, then she calms down and apologizes to him. At home, she discovered her boyfriend Gerry in bed with Lydia, his ex- girlfriend. You will find accommodation for her friend Anna, James is her boyfriend. Helen begins a new life as a freelance PR consultant.
In the first version of the story Helen suspects her boyfriend of infidelity, because she finds two glasses in her apartment. It remains despite the presumption in him, even though their relationship is increasingly bleak. Helen works in two catering jobs in succession, while Gerry is writing a book, but still meets with Lydia. Lydia, who wants to live with Gerry together, puts her lover under pressure. She tells him she 'll never tell a woman what she wants, but reserved the right to be very uncomfortable if they do not get what she wanted.
In the second version of Helen James is pregnant. She looks at him in front of a hospital with a woman and learns that he is married. Helen wants to be disappointed by James split up, they can but find after intensive search. He explains that he lives apart from his wife for months. It merely consented to be a good man to fake a functioning marriage and to visit with him his seriously ill mother in the hospital. A few minutes later passes a traffic accident, Helen dies in hospital.
In the first version, Helen becomes pregnant - by Gerry. You should visit a manager who wants to hire them. The manager is Lydia, who calls at the same time Gerry to be to open up to him that she is pregnant by him. Helen sees her friend and learns in this way from his affair. She runs away and falls down the stairs. You survived the accident, but has a miscarriage. Separates you from Gerry, who claims to want to do anything for her and she asks it to leave the hospital room. Helen meets when leaving the hospital on James Hammerton, who had visited his mother, and impressed him visible.
Film Music
Reviews
James Berardinelli compared the film on Reel Views of Krzysztof Kieślowski films with the Decalogue and The Double Life of Veronique, as well as the series of films Three Colours: Blue, Three Colours: White and Three Colors: Red He described the script as sent, innovative and intelligent. Berardinelli praised the representations of Paltrow, Hannah and Lynch, Tripplehorn, however, he held for a miscast.
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times, 24 April 1998, he was satisfied with the representation of Gwyneth Paltrow, but to the writer it was a pity ( Pity about the screenplay ).
Awards
Gwyneth Paltrow won the Florida Film Critics Circle Award, the San Diego Film Critics Society Award and the Russian film critics price. Peter Howitt won the European Film Award and the San Diego Film Critics Society Award in 1998. He was nominated in 1998 for a price of Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia- San Sebastián. In 1999, he won the British Empire Award, and was, together with Sydney Pollack, Philippa Braithwaite and William Horberg, nominated for the BAFTA Award.