Hotel America

– Helene (Catherine Deneuve), a pill-addicted anesthesiologist, is mourning the death of her boyfriend..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 35 Minutes
Release Year:
1981
Original Name:
Hôtel des Amériques
Hotel America (1981) - Also known as Hôtel des Amériques

Helene (Catherine Deneuve), a pill-addicted anesthesiologist, is mourning the death of her boyfriend when, through a car accident she causes, she chances to meet the lethargic Gilles (Patrick Dewaere), a young man who lives for free at his mother's hotel. Gilles pursues Helene romantically, and she eventually softens up. Gilles, however, is also devoted to Bernard (Étienne Chicot), a petty crook who revels in mugging gay men. All three struggle with relationships that seem to be going nowhere.

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Release Date:

02 Dec 1981

Language:

French

MPAA Content-Rating:
NOT RATED

Director:

André Téchiné

Writer:

Gilles Taurand, André Téchiné

Main Actors:

Catherine Deneuve, Patrick Dewaere, Etienne Chicot, Sabine Haudepin

Plot:

Hélène, a distracted pill-popping anesthetist, almost runs down Gilles one evening on a Biarritz street. She is still numb from the drowning death earlier that year of her lover, a visionary architect. Gilles presses for a relationship, then backs away, deciding she could never love someone of lower class and limited prospects. But she does fall in love with him and gradually her depression eases. As she heals, he becomes obsessed with her lover's talents and his own limitations, behaving bizarrely and pushing her away. How these conflicts play out becomes the movie's story.

Awards:

2 nominations.

Production:

LionsGate Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10