A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.
Film gwyneth paltrow sliding doors.
Gwyneth paltrow as helen in the film sliding doors sliding doors spins out an idle romantic daydream revolving around helen whom the movie presents as a late 90s it girl.
What if the movie wonders the subway train helen just missed catching by a split second had plunged her into a different romantically brighter future than her.
Sliding doors is a 1998 romantic comedy drama film written and directed by peter howitt and starring gwyneth paltrow and john hannah while also featuring john lynch jeanne tripplehorn and virginia mckenna the film alternates between two storylines showing two paths the central character s life could take depending on whether or not she catches a train.
The film follows helen quilley gwyneth paltrow a young englishwoman living in london who has just been fired from her public relations job.
The plot splits into two parallel universes based on the two paths her life could take depending on whether she catches a london underground train or not.
The movie stars gwyneth paltrow as helen a london publicity executive who is fired for no good reason and stalks out of her office in midmorning to take the underground train back home.
In the other she misses it because she s delayed and the doors slide shut in her face.
This was before she became an object of scorn and outright hatred for many people a stance which tells more about their pettiness than anything about the actress.
Sliding doors is one of gwyneth paltrow s best films made when she was in several films a year just between emma and great expectations.
In one scenario she catches the train.