The Painted Door (1984)
- Directed by
- Bruce Pittman
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 24 min
- Rating
- 4.3 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A lonely farmer's wife endures a harsh winter day while her husband visits his father. She struggles with her feelings of isolation and the arrival of a neighbor.
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What happens
The Painted Door is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Bruce Pittman and released in 1984. Based on a short story by Sinclair Ross, the film was produced by the National Film Board of Canada and Atlantis Films of Toronto. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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