Directed by:
Kristian PetriScreenplay:
Kristian PetriComposer:
Goran KajfešCast:
Björn Andrésen, Stellan Skarsgård, Gloria Swanson (a.f.), Luchino Visconti (a.f.), Manuel 'Manolete' Rodriguez (a.f.), Ingrid Bergman (a.f.), Kristian Petri (narrator), Åsne Seierstad, Lars NorénPlots(1)
What's the esseence of a hotel? How come hotel environments—lobbies, bars, halls and rooms with views—have such power of suggestion? Kristian Petri Detaljer, GFF 2013) asks these questions in their new essay film that elegantly tours from the world's oldest hotel in Japan (Petri finds it a disappointment) to Marcel Proust's favorite Grand Hotel Cabourg. Petri also speaks with people about what hotels have meant for their lives. Among others he meets Lars Norén, who grew up in the now closed-down hotel in Genarp, Sweden as well as Björn Andrésen, who at the glamorous Hotel Daniele played the boy Tadzio in Visconti's Death in Venice. The Hotel is a multifaceted and intelligent film that awakens the desire to travel away and check in. (Göteborg Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Björn Andrésen
Sweden
Best movies:
The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982)
Death in Venice (1971)
A Swedish Love Story (1970)
Stellan Skarsgård
Sweden
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Gloria Swanson (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Beyond the Rocks (1922)
Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
Luchino Visconti (a.f.)
Italy
Best movies:
The Earth Trembles (1948) - narrator
Manuel 'Manolete' Rodriguez (a.f.)
Ingrid Bergman (a.f.)
Sweden
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Casablanca (1942)
Cactus Flower (1969)
Kristian Petri (narrator)
Åsne Seierstad
Norway
Best movies:
Wolf Summer (2003)
Lars Norén
Sweden