She loves him - she doesn't love him

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Movie
German title She loves him - she doesn't love him
Original title Sliding doors
Country of production UK , USA
original language English
Publishing year 1998
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Peter Howitt
script Peter Howitt
production Philippa Braithwaite ,
William Horberg ,
Sydney Pollack
music David Hirschfelder
camera Remi Adefarasin
cut John Smith
occupation

She loves him - she doesn't love him (Original title: Sliding Doors ) is a British - American romantic drama from 1998 . It was directed by Peter Howitt , who also wrote the script . Gwyneth Paltrow played the main role .

action

Two possible developments in the life of London PR specialist Helen Quilley are simulated. She is released for borrowing four bottles of alcohol from the office kitchen. Quilley says that her testosterone- oriented colleagues have wanted to get rid of her for a long time . In the elevator she loses an earring that James Hammerton picks up. He is impressed with her. Helen wants to take the subway home. At one station the film is divided into two alternative courses of action that run in parallel and are constantly cut against each other.

In the first version of the plot, Helen misses the subway, in the second she reaches the train in time. In this version of the plot, she sits on the subway next to Hammerton, who speaks to her. His flow of speech annoys her at first, then she calms down and apologizes to him. At home she discovers her boyfriend Gerry in bed with Lydia, his ex-girlfriend. She finds accommodation with her friend Anna, James becomes her boyfriend. Helen - as a symbol of the new beginning - has her hair cut and dyed blonde and starts a new life as an independent PR consultant.

In the first version of the plot, however, Helen suspects her boyfriend of infidelity because she finds two glasses in her apartment. She stays with him despite this assumption, even as their relationship becomes increasingly bleak. Helen works on two catering jobs in a row, while Gerry is writing a book but still meets with Lydia. Lydia, who wants to live with Gerry, puts pressure on her lover. She tells him that as a woman she will never say what she wants, but that she reserves the right to become very uncomfortable if she doesn't get what she wants.

In the second version, Helen becomes pregnant by James. She sees him in front of a hospital with a woman and learns that he is married. Helen, disappointed, wants to part with James, but he finds her after an intensive search. He explains that he has been separated from his wife for months. As a good person, she merely consented to pretend a functioning marriage and to visit his seriously ill mother in the hospital with him. A few minutes later, a traffic accident occurs and Helen dies in the hospital.

In the first version too, Helen becomes pregnant - from Gerry. She is supposed to visit a manager who she wants to hire. The manager is Lydia, who at the same time calls Gerry to tell him that she is pregnant by him. Helen sees her boyfriend and through this finds out about his affair. She runs away and falls down the stairs. She survived the accident but miscarried. She separates from Gerry, who claims to do anything for her and who she asks to leave the hospital room. On leaving the hospital, Helen meets James Hammerton, who had visited his mother, and is visibly impressed.

Film music

  1. Aimee Mann - amateur
  2. Elton John - Benny and the Jets
  3. Dido - Thank You
  4. Aqua - Turn Back Time
  5. Jamiroquai - Use the Force
  6. Abra Moore - Don't Feel Like Cryin '
  7. Peach Union - On My Own
  8. Olive - Miracle
  9. Dodgy - Good Enough
  10. Blair - Have Fun, Go Mad
  11. Andre Barreau - Got a Thing About You
  12. Andre Barreau - Call Me a Fool

Reviews

James Berardinelli compared the film on ReelViews with the films by Krzysztof Kieślowski Dekalog and The Two Lives of Veronica as well as with the series of films Three Colors: Blue , Three Colors: White and Three Colors: Red . He described the script as "skillful", "innovative" and "intelligent". Berardinelli praised the portrayals of Paltrow, Hannah and Lynch, but he thought Tripplehorn was a miscast.

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of April 24, 1998 that he was satisfied with the portrayal of Gwyneth Paltrow, but that the script was "a shame" ("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 Award . Peter Howitt won the European Film Awards and the San Diego Film Critics Society Award in 1998 . In 1998 he was nominated for a prize at the Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián . In 1999 he won the British Empire Award and was nominated for the BAFTA Award together with Sydney Pollack , Philippa Braithwaite and William Horberg .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for you loves him - she doesn't love him . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2014 (PDF; test number: 80 053-a V).
  2. ^ Review by James Berardinelli
  3. ^ Review by Roger Ebert

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