Grandhotel
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David Ond¿í¿ek
Klara Issova
Marek Taclik
Jaroslav Plesl
Jaromír Dulava
Dita Zabranska
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Fleischman, a thirty-year-old hotel porter, lives a lonely life full of frustrations and strange rituals. The Grand Hotel, where he works and lives, is as lonely and as isolated as his small town on the Czech-German border. His only friends are the lost souls and incurable eccentrics who work and visit the hotel. Fleischman's dreams are modest--finding a girl to love and venturing past the borders of his small town--but he has failed to realize them despite his many attempts. To survive the everyday dreariness, Fleischman snoops on the hotel guests and engages in his peculiar fetishes. And in order to finally attain his dreams, he secretly works on building a hot-air balloon that in the spirit of Jules Verne will finally transport him across the city border, and beyond.
Director
David Ond¿í¿ek
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Released in Czech Republic October 12, 2006
Based on the novel "Grandhotel" written by Jaroslav Rudis; published by Labyrint September, 2006.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 8-18, 2007.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (World Cinema) April 26-May 10, 2007.
dialogue Czech
Released in Czech Republic October 12, 2006
