Occidental
Synopsis
The mood is heated. Demonstrations are taking place across France, also in front of the Paris hotel where an Italian named Giorgio is booking the bridal suite for him and his boyfriend Antonio. Hotel manager Diana doesn’t trust them and calls the police to get rid of the odd couple. Italians? Homosexuals? Criminals? In the charged atmosphere of the Hotel Occidental, little is needed for initial suspicions to be aroused. While street battles rage outside and a politician tries to play down the situation in a TV interview, everyone inside attempts to turn things to their own advantage. This leads to faith in the security camera, absurd dialogues and mad conclusions, fainting spells and an explosive showdown complete with fervent gestures. The music provides the suspense, aside from the schmaltzy Italian love song. Art prints comment on the action, referencing the history of civilisation from Napoleon’s military campaigns to Warhol’s banana. The 70s look of the lobby, which evokes the set of a boulevard play, turns out to be the setting for a comedy shaped by the current social climate. Everything is fake here, including love. Or is it?
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Bad Manner's
- Film exports/foreign sales : MPM Premium
- French distribution : Vendredi Distribution
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producers : Jacques Dodart, Hugo Jeuffrault, Pierre Malachin
- Director of Photography : Guillaume Le Grontec
- Music Composers : Grégoire Bourdeil, Alexandre Geindre
- Assistant Director : Antoine Alesandrini
- Editor : Ermanno Corrado
- Sound recordists : Arno Ledoux, François Bailly
- Costume designer : Mariette Niquet Rioux
- Press Attaché (film) : Chloé Lorenzi
- Production Designers : Florian Fournier, Sarah Philouze
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2017
- French release : 28/03/2018
- Runtime : 1 h 13 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 145.573
- Approval :
- Color type : Color
