She is returning home when an amazing thing happens time reverses itself for a few seconds and a second version of herself is created.
Play constellations and movie sliding doors.
In one reality helen catches the tube train meets james and arrives home to find her loathsome lothario lover gerry cheating on her with his ex girlfriend.
Gwyneth paltrow plays london publicist helen effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a morning train back to her apartment.
Directed by peter howitt.
That s the quick take on constellations a romantic two hander starring dreamy jake gyllenhaal and the radiant british thesp ruth wilson fresh off her.
A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.
It s basically a version of the nineties movie sliding doors but with more storylines.
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The next generation to frasier have dived into multiple reality narratives.
Variations on a theme of variations on a theme.
Short and sweet and strangely haunting.
From groundhog day to sliding doors and run lola run.
We see it both ways in parallel.
The 1998 movie sliding doors turns on timing imagining how a woman s life would play out if she does or doesn t catch a train.
A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.
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For originality the play struggles.
Before the doors close james tells helen to cheer up and repeats his line you know what the monty python boys say helen who in the.
Arriving at work one morning helen discovers that she had been unjustifiably sacked from her pr job.
Movies from sliding doors to groundhog day and tv series from star trek.
Constellations isn t the first drama to play around with the notion of narrative spinning.
Nick payne s play constellations which premiered in.
Given the mode of storytelling it also lacks the kind of inevitability.