Select Hotel

1997 1h 25m FR

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4.9

SKIP

★4.9TMDB · 9

Drama

Synopsis

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The Select Hotel is a dead end place for those who do not have enough cash to go somewhere else. The last shelter for those who hang around at night. These shadows walking silently along the streets, selling their poor body heat for a few crumpled banknotes, swallow and digested by their voracious thirst for a cheap high. Enough to forget for a while the distress of a ruined life and to dream of a more rejoicing elsewhere. Nathalie and her brother Tof struggle against this futureless world. Pierre, a shoe-repairer, troubled by Nathalie's grace will take part for a while to the life of these two children of misery.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Julie Gayet
Nathalie
Jean-Michel Fête
Tof
Serge Blumental
Pierre
Marc Andréoni
Denis
Sabine Bail
Clementine
Eric Aubrahn
Lydie
Emmanuelle Rozes
Anne
Mick Gondouin
Marcel

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Laurent Bouhnik
Writers: Laurent Bouhnik
Languages: French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 7

ERA

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29 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Laurent Bouhnik, shot by Gilles Henry. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Julie Gayet and Jean-Michel Fête and Serge Blumental carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0117815 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Laurent Bouhnik directs. Gilles Henry behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
229 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Laurent Bouhnik, shot by Gilles Henry. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Julie Gayet and Jean-Michel Fête and Serge Blumental carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0117815 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.