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Select Hotel (1997)
Director: Laurent Bouhnik
Cast: Julie Gayet, Jean-Michel FĂȘte, Serge Blumental, Marc AndrĂ©oni
Runtime85 min
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The Select Hotel is a dead end place for those who do not have enough cash to go somewhere else. The last shelter for those who hang around at night. These shadows walking silently along the streets, selling their poor body heat for a few crumpled banknotes, swallow and digested by their voracious thirst for a cheap high. Enough to forget for a while the distress of a ruined life and to dream of a more rejoicing elsewhere. Nathalie and her brother Tof struggle against this futureless world. Pierre, a shoe-repairer, troubled by Nathalie's grace will take part for a while to the life of these two children of misery.
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Select Hotel is a critically acclaimed 1997 French drama film directed by Laurent Bouhnik. The film explores the lives of those living in a destitute hotel, struggling against the harsh realities of poverty and addiction. While not widely known, it has received positive reviews from critics and audiences, with an IMDb rating of 7.3 out of 10.
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Directed by the unique Laurent Bouhnik and starring Julie Gayet, this 1997 French drama offers a gritty, immersive glimpse into the lives of those struggling in the underclass of society, blending powerful performances with a raw, uncompromising visual style that captures the desperation and futility of their circumstances.