Hôtel des longues peines (2007)

Directed by

Hélène Angel

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

51 min

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.

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How it feels

Over a weekend, women who are close to prisoners serving long sentences gather in a hotel near the prison to visit their loved ones. The film follows their interactions as they wait and meet.

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What happens

Hôtel des longues peines est un film français réalisé par Hélène Angel et sorti en 2007. Le temps d’un week-end, des femmes proches de détenus se retrouvent pour rencontrer leur mari, ami, père ou fils condamné à une longue peine et incarcéré au centre pénitentiaire de Lannemezan. Elles se croisent régulièrement dans « L'Hôtel de la gare », un établissement de cette ville dirigé par Nadine Cistac. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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