Hotel Splendide

  • “A deliciously dark comedy with a Coen Brothers feel. The surreal element and grimy scenery form a marvellous stage for the actors to turn in top-notch performances. And what a cast!”

    Emma Cochrane, Empire Magazine

Credits

Starring Daniel Craig, Toni Colette, Helen McCrory, Katrin Cartlidge, Stephen Tompkinson, Peter Vaughan, Toby Jones
Writer/Director Terence Gross
Producer Ildiko Kemeny
Executive Producer Robert Buckler

A Renegade Films coproduction with Film 4 and Studio Canal.

When the matriarch of the Hotel Splendide dies, leaving the eccentric health spa to her two sons, Kath (Toni Colette) returns to reclaim her relationship with the younger son, Ronald (Daniel Craig). But mummy never approved of Kath. Moreover, Mummy was cremated in the hotel boiler and now the very building itself seeks to eject the intruder, determined to keep Ronald under mummy’s thumb.

  • Panorama Section, Berlin Film Festival

  • Winner Best Cinematography, Gyula Pados, Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival

  • Winner Citizen Kane Award for Best Directorial Revelation, Terence Gross, Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival.

  • Nominee British Independent Films Awards, Alison Dominitz (Production Designer)

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