Shimkent Hotel
Synopsis
As they begin treatment, the patient slowly recounts his story - a tale involving industrial intrigue, cultural incomprehension, a get-rich-quick scheme which goes horribly wrong, and a desperate flight for survival across the Pakastini border.
Shot on analogue video, with superb desolate landscapes and settings. Utterly gripping and very, very strange indeed.
Details
- Year
- 2004
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 92 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
-
Charles de Meaux
- Producer
- Gil Donaldson, Zavier Douroux
- Editor
- Charles de Meaux
- Screenwriter
- Charles de Meaux
- Director of Photography
- Charles de Meaux
- Sound
- Charles de Meaux
- Composer
- Charles de Maeux, Vladimir Kardev, Pierre Miksiloff
- Principal cast
- Yann Collette, Caroline Ducey, Romain Duris, Thibault de Montalembert, Melvil Poupaud
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Donaldson Polakoff
Productions Ltd8 Great James Street
London
WC1N 3DA
UK
T +33 1 40 26 10 87
jgdonaldson@jgdonaldson.com
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