Hotel Splendide
2000, 94 minutes, Rated M
Set on a remote island off the coast, Hotel Splendide follows the Blanche family's attempts to maintain a crumbling, dilapidated hotel and health spa following the death of the family matriarch. Under his mother's tutelage, Chef Ronald Blanche (Daniel Craig) has been instructed in the art of a healthy regime, based on boiling everything within an inch of it's life. His sister Cora (Katrin Cartlidge) runs the treatment room where services consist solely of mud baths and enemas, and Desmond Blanche (Stephen Tompkinson), determined to keep the spirit of his mother alive, is leading the hotel into ruinous straits.
Into this bizarre universe bursts Kath (Toni Collette), Ronald's erstwhile sous-chef and lover, who left the island under mysterious circumstances. Behind the peeling facade a gastronomical competition ensues, and as tensions and emotions mount the hotel takes on a life of its own.
- Director:
- Terence Gross [1],
- Starring:
- Toni Collette [34], Katrin Cartlidge [6], Hugh O'Conor [8], Peter Vaughan [16], Daniel Craig [24], Stephen Tompkinson [30],
- Screen Formats:
- Full Frame 1.33:1
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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