Hotel Harabati
(De Particulier � Particulier)
94 minutes, 2006
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Brice Cauvin's stylish, surreal debut feature boldly examines the risks of daily life in the age of terrorism. Philippe (Laurent Lucas) and Marion (Hélène Fillières) set off on a much-needed vacation without their kids. Next to them in the train station waiting room, a gentleman of vaguely Middle Eastern origin leaves behind a valise, which Philippe and Marion try to return and then claim for themselves, unwittingly setting off the unpredictable events that follow. As ominous details pile up–news stories of school bombings and scattered violence, photographs from a trip that never occurred, stacks of cash in an unknown currency–the couple's behavior becomes increasingly odd, until, finally, a crisis is provoked. Mystery, paranoia, ambiguity and unease flood this film that refers to masters such as Luis Buñuel and Bertrand Blier, but employs the dark humor, sly political sensibility and rich imagery of our own time. — R. Armstrong
Director: Brice Cauvin
Producer: Marc Irmer
Screenwriter: Brice Cauvin
Cinematographer: Marc Tevanian
Editor: Agathe Cauvin
Cast: Laurent Lucas, Hélène Fillières, Anouk Aimée, Julie Gayet
Print Source: Film Distribution
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Paris, 75002
France
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