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Hotel (2004)

Hotel poster
Directed by
Jessica Hausner
Genre
drama film, horror film, mystery film
Country
Germany, Austria
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
12
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 57 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman starts working as a receptionist at a remote hotel in the Alps. She learns that the previous employee vanished without explanation.

atmosphericslow-burnunsettlingmysterioustensebleaksubtlequiet

What happens

Hotel is a 2004 Austrian psychological horror film written and directed by Jessica Hausner and starring Franziska Weisz, Birgit Minichmayr, and Marlene Streeruwitz. Its plot follows a young woman who takes a job as a receptionist at a rural Alpine hotel, where the employee she replaced disappeared under unclear circumstances. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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