Short film

Hotel Chevalier

2007 · 13 min

A quiet, melancholic encounter in a Paris hotel room, filled with unspoken tension and bittersweet intimacy.

Overview: In a Paris hotel room, Jack Whitman lies on a bed. His phone rings; it's a woman on her way to see him, a surprise. She arrives and the complications of their relationship emerge in bits and pieces. Will they make love? Is their relationship over? (A prequel to The Darjeeling Limited, 2007.)
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Love, isolation, identity, betrayal
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
isolation
identity
betrayal
loneliness
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Wes Anderson
Written by: Wes Anderson
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Natalie Portman, Waris Ahluwalia, Michel Castejon
Cinematography: Robert D. Yeoman
Runtime: 13 min
Country: France, United States of America
Languages: English, French