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Hotel Sorrento (1995)

Hotel Sorrento poster
Directed by
Richard Franklin
Genre
drama film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
M
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three sisters reunite in a small Australian coastal town after ten years apart. One sister has written a novel that reveals uncomfortable truths about their family.

melancholicslow-burnreflectivefamily-dramacontemplativebittersweetintimatequietly tenseatmospheric

What happens

Hotel Sorrento is a 1995 Australian drama film directed by Richard Franklin. Three sisters reunite in the sleepy Australian town of Sorrento after a ten-year hiatus. One of the three has written a book called Melancholy which is a thinly disguised version of their lives. The film is an adaptation of Hannie Rayson's 1990 play of the same name. "One of the film's many fleeting reflections is an exploration of the word "melancholy" - a word that perfectly suits Hotel Sorrento's tone and pace." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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