The Painted Door

1984
24m

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A husband leaves his wife in the protection of a good friend after he leaves out into a cold winter's night on the prairie.A husband leaves his wife in the protection of a good friend after he leaves out into a cold winter's night on the prairie.A husband leaves his wife in the protection of a good friend after he leaves out into a cold winter's night on the prairie.

Director
- Bruce Pittman
Writers
- Sinclair Ross
- Joe Wiesenfeld
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

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Director
- Bruce Pittman
Writers
- Sinclair Ross
- Joe Wiesenfeld
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Winner 1984 Best Film Under 30 Minutes Canadian Film Producers Association.

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7/10

Canadian short tells a story of a tough life

Bruce Pittman's Academy Award-nominated short "The Painted Door" focuses on a couple trapped indoors during a snowstorm. Their existence looks like one tough life. The question remains: how will the husband get to the barn? The song that we hear in one scene is "Red River Valley", which I usually associate with movies like "The Grapes of Wrath".

Anyway, it's only about 23 minutes, but those are a harrowing 23 minutes. The husband is played by August Schellenberg, who also starred in "Black Robe" (I don't recognize Linda Goransen, who plays the wife).

I recommend it.