Hotel Harabati ( De particulier à particulier )

Hotel Harabati (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: De particulier à particulier
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Brice Cauvin

Written By:
Jérôme Beaujour
Brice Cauvin

Actors:
Laurent Lucas ..... Philippe
Hélène Fillières ..... Marion
Anouk Aimee ..... Nelly
Julie Gayet ..... Sophie
Husky Kihal ..... François
Anthony Roth Costanzo ..... Simon
Charlotte Clamens ..... Catherine
Sabine Haudepin ..... Mme Fargeon
Melchior Nolte ..... Paul
Romain Alonso ..... Romain
Inès Alonso ..... Fille Sophie
Thibaut Nolte ..... Marc
Erwan Marinopoulos ..... Vendeur photo BHV
Evelyne Istria ..... Mère Marion
Yves Barnouin ..... Père Philippe

Synopsis:

Earning frequent comparisons to the finer work of David Lynch for its defiantly unpredictable and enigmatic narrative twists, neophyte director Brice Cauvin's political thriller Hotel Harabati opens at a Parisian train depot, with a European couple in their mid-thirties, Philippe (Laurent Lucas) and Marion (Helene Fillieres, waiting to journey to Venice. Without substantial explanation, they promptly retrieve a suitcase that doesn't belong to them; labeled with the words "tel Harabati" (or 'Hotel Harabati'), it contains a massive amount of neatly-rolled foreign currency. They decide impulsively to skip their Venetian tour and hearken back to the City of Lights, but deceive kith and kin, fabricating accounts of Venice to Philippe's mother Nelly (screen legend Anouk Aimee) . In time, the couple begins to search for new living quarters for themselves and their two little boys; open talk of the bag dissipates, yet Philippe's paranoia mounts, particularly given the discussions of neighborhood bombings on the local news and sightings of an unsavory character who exudes a menacing aura - and who may or may not be connected with the suitcase. Cauvin co-authored the original script with Jerome Beaujour and Pierre Schoeller; Julie Gayet (Les Gens qui s'aiment) and Anthony Roth Costanzo (A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries) co-star.

Marion and Philippe, an ordinary couple, are expecting their third child and are about to start looking for a new apartment. Before doing so, they want to spend a few days in Venice, celebrating the honeymoon that they never had, constantly putting it off until later. In the train that brings them back from the countryside where theyve left their children, they discover a bag full of money...

After 10 years and two children together, Philippe and Marion finally decide to take a honeymoon holiday in Venice. At the train station, an abandoned bag filled with money will take them on a different journey--a journey of doubt where reality never quite lies where it seems, leading from separation to reconciliation.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 16 May, 2009.

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