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      Hotel Harabati

      2006 1h 35m Drama List
      75% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 55% 100+ Ratings Audience Score A couple on vacation find a bag full of money which forces them to examine their marriage. Read More Read Less

      Critics Reviews

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      David Gritten Independent (UK) In terms of keeping his plot obscure, director Brice Cauvin tips his chapeau in the direction of David Lynch, but ultimately it's rather lifeless. File under "calculatedly enigmatic". Dec 7, 2007 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian Absorbing and frustrating in equal measure. Rated: 3/5 Dec 7, 2007 Full Review Tom Dawson BBC.com Playfully blurs the boundaries between the real and the imagined, and unfolds against a backdrop of mysterious terrorist attacks in the French capital. Rated: 4/5 Dec 7, 2007 Full Review Demetrios Matheou Film4 A compelling combination of domestic and surreal drama, which proves that there's nothing more mysterious than a seemingly happy couple. Rated: 3.5/5 Dec 7, 2007 Full Review Total Film Interesting but frustrating to watch, Brice Cauvin's feature debut never quite finds its voice. Rated: 2/5 Dec 7, 2007 Full Review Anton Bitel musicOMH.com While the understated indeterminacy of Hotel Harabati represents the height of filmmaking maturity, immaturity would appear to be the key theme holding all the film's perplexities together. Dec 6, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Felt bemused at the end but this film wont go out of my head. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Lots of arty camera work, and although there is a narrative of sorts (look hard), it's the little moments of almost habitual everyday interaction between the couple/ mother and children that stick in my mind... and the male protagonist is a rather disillusioned architect with a bitchy boss! What more could one want... other than to tell the said boss to fuck off, that is. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Mike M A funny little headscratcher... The wilful obfuscation is liable to leave it one of those films more readily embraced by critics - practically every scene begs for interpretation - than by wide audiences, but it's never quite the dry, academic exercise it could have been: though puzzling, it's never boring. Cauvin makes good use of Fillieres' rattled girlishness, and Lucas's barely perceptible, subcutaneous twitches, his fear-the-worst grimaces, are always value for money. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/24/07 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A couple on vacation find a bag full of money which forces them to examine their marriage.
      Director
      Brice Cauvin
      Screenwriter
      Jerome Beaujour, Brice Cauvin
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Runtime
      1h 35m