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Luxury Hotel

1992 · 105 min

A slow, suffocating descent into institutional power games, watching ambition curdle into quiet defeat inside a grand, decaying building.

Overview
An ambitious young manager's plans to reform and revitalize a fading luxury hotel are abruptly thwarted by his superiors, leading to his demotion and exile to the basement, where he navigates the institution's rigid social hierarchy and rigid system of control.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • corruption
  • class
  • isolation
  • betrayal
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Dan Pița
Written by
Dan Pița
Starring
Valentin Popescu, Ştefan Iordache, Irina Petrescu, Irina Movilă, Alfred Demetriu, Lamia Beligan, Valeriu Delacheza, Marius Stănescu
Runtime
105 min
Country
Romania
Languages
Romanian

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