Hotel America

Htel des Amriques English Hotel America is a 1981 French drama film directed by Andr Tchin, starring Catherine Deneuve and Patrick Dewaere. The film, set in Biarritz, tells the ill fated romance of mismatched lovers. This is the first of several collaborations between Tchin and Deneuve, who became his favorite actress.

Unfulfilled and aimless, Gilles has recently come back from a trip to New York, bringing with him, Bernard, a friend he met there. Bernard is an unemployed aspiring musician and wouldbe serial seducer whose only real occupation is to enjoy the moment and spend time with his steady girlfriend, Colette, a cheerful post office clerk worker. Gilless mother runs the Hotel de la Gare with his younger sister, Elise. This fact makes life uncomplicated for the two friends who live for free at the hotel. Bernard would like to seduce Elise, a heavy reader who never goes out and repeatedly turns him down.Keen about his developing relationship with Hlne, Gilles invites her to a restaurant at the local casino. They have dinner with Bernard and Colette, but the occasion ends up in discord. Hlne clearly dislikes Bernards attitude and Gilles confronts her. Bernard is his friend and Gilles is disappointed of her air of superiority. He backs off from the relationship suspecting that she could never really love someone less well off than her. Gilless disenchantment has the opposite effect on Hlne and she is unable to let him go. Hlne looks for him and they eventually sleep together in his mothers hotel, initiating a serious relationship. ........

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