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Bunker Palace Hotel

1989 · 95 min

A claustrophobic, slow-burning descent into paranoid decadence, visually striking but emotionally cold and demanding.

Overview
In an imaginary dictature of a futuristic world, rebellion has broken out. The men in power scramble to the Bunker Palace Hotel, a bunker built long ago for just this kind of contingency. But a rebel spy sneaks in, and although her nature is very quickly suspected, she is left to observe the raving of the decadent power class, who keeps wondering what happened to their leader, who has failed to show up.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • power
  • corruption
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • politics
Places
  • single country house
Era
far-future
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
Horror3
Humour2
Realism4
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
science fiction
Directed by
Enki Bilal
Written by
Enki Bilal, Pierre Christin
Starring
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Carole Bouquet, Maria Schneider, Roger Dumas, Yann Collette, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Hans Meyer, Benoît Régent
Music
Arnaud Devos, Philippe Eidel
Runtime
95 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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