Curtains (1995 film)

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Curtains
French Rideau
Directed by Stephanie Morgenstern
Mark Morgenstern
Written byStephanie Morgenstern
Produced byStephanie Morgenstern
Mark Morgenstern
StarringStephanie Morgenstern
Maxim Roy
Andrew Tarbet
Éric Bernier
Cary Lawrence
Neil Kroetsch
Glenn Roy
Ismael Silva
CinematographyMark Morgenstern
Edited byMark Morgenstern
Stephanie Morgenstern
Production
company
Filmo Bandito
Distributed byEwola Cinema
Release date
  • September 22, 1995 (1995-09-22)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
French

Curtains (French : Rideau) is a Canadian short film, directed by Stephanie Morgenstern and Mark Morgenstern and released in 1995. [1] The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996. [2]

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Plot

An actress, having just discovered she's been dumped, questions everything around her in the 15 minutes before the curtain comes up and she must take her place on stage. In the process, we get a glance at what goes on behind the scenes in your average theatre production.

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References

  1. Elizabeth Renzetti, "An actor's life of thrills and chills: From Shakespeare to Sailor Moon, Stephanie Morgenstern does it all". The Globe and Mail , November 16, 1996.
  2. Christopher Harris, "Greyson's Lilies leads Genie field Film with all-male cast gets 14 nominations". The Globe and Mail , October 17, 1996.