Hotel (2001)
Directed by Mike Figgis
Genres - Horror, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Ensemble Film |
Release Date - Jul 25, 2003 (USA - Limited) |
Run Time - 93 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom, Italy |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Jonathan Crow
Following up on his innovative work Timecode, which featured four stories being told in real time simultaneously, Mike Figgis returns to a modified form of his technique in this film about the tourists, the prostitutes, the tour guides, a killer, and a film crew who frequent the Hungarian Palace Hotel in Venice, Italy. A corrupt Eastern European politician and his moll are visiting the city to complete a shady business deal while Sophie is a high-priced call girl who makes an office in one of the hotel's suites. The film crew is attempting to shoot a Dogma 95-style adaptation of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi only to run into one problem after another. Magic is a professional assassin with a very odd kink -- he must have sex immediately after completing a job. Quintus, who abandoned his attempts to get fame and fortune as an actor, is a tour guide with an unusual secret. And then there is maid who not only has the skeleton key to the hotel, but also a habit of snooping. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.
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hotel, Italy, actor, film-crew, coma, kinky, maid, prostitute/prostitution, sex, tour-guide