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Hôtel de France (1987)

Hôtel de France poster
Directed by
Patrice Chéreau
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man and a young woman who were once in love meet again after several years. The film follows their reunion and the conversations that reveal their changed feelings.

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What happens

Hôtel de France is a 1987 French drama film directed by Patrice Chéreau. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. The film was an adaptation of the 1878 play Platonov by Anton Chekhov, previously adapted for a stage production for the theatre school of the Théâtre des Amandiers and directed by Chéreau. It concerns a young man, Michel and a young woman, Sonia, once in love, who meet again after several years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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