Hotel Splendide (2000)
- Directed by
- Terence Gross
- Genre
- horror film, black comedy film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A family runs a grim health resort on a remote island. They feed their guests seaweed and eels and give them colonic irrigation. When a former chef returns to the island, it stirs up trouble for the family.
darkly comicquirkyoffbeatbleakdeadpanwhimsicalmacabreeccentric
What happens
Hotel Splendide is a 2000 British independent dark comedy film, written and directed by Terence Gross and starring Toni Collette and Daniel Craig. The film appeared in a number of British and European film festivals but was not released in the US, although it did appear on cable networks on channels catering to independent film. It was shown on Film4 in June 2026 in the UK, and available is available in the U.S. Via video on demand. The film tells the story of the Blanche family who run a dark and dismal health resort on a remote island which is only accessible by ferry. The spa program consists of feeding the guests seaweed and eel-based meals, then administering liberal colonic irrigation. The spa is run by the family matriarch, Dame Blanche, until her death. Things continue with her children running the resort until Kath, the resort's former sous chef and the love interest of one of the sons, comes back to the island unannounced. Stranded between monthly ferries, she is a catalyst for a series of events that turns life as it is known at Hotel Splendide on its ear. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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