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Country of Hotels
UK 2019
produced by Saba Kia, Emily Corcoran (executive) for Martino Hauptschein Films
directed by Julio Maria Martino
starring Sabrina Faroldi, Ben Shafik, Olegar Fedoro, Mia Soteriou, Eugenia Caruso, Siobhan Hewlett, Matthew Leitch, Adam Leese, Michael Laurence, Charles Pike, Charlotte Pyke, Richard Wellings-Thomas, Colm Gormley, Robert Shannon, Anna Tobert, Christopher Adlington, Robert Rinder, Dickie Beau, Maria Golledge (voice), Emily Corcoran, Alan Ross, Don Magnus Fraser
written by David Hauptschein, music by Christos Fanaras
review by Mike Haberfelner
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On first look, it's a run-down hotel in a non-descript small town
managed by an Eastern European family (Mia Soteriou, Olegar Fedoro, Ben
Shafik, Sabrina Feroldi) like so many others - but there's just something
odd about room 508 ...
- Roger (Matthew Leitch) is cheating on his wife (Charlotte Pyke) with
Brenda (Siobhan Hewlett), who just happens to work at the same company
as he does. But their latest sex date at room 508 is under no good
star after he meets a co-worker (Richard Wellings-Thomas) in the
lobby, and all through the night just grows more and more paranoid -
with unexpected consequences ...
- Stressed out travelling IT expert Pauly (Adam Leese) moves into room
508, but the desolate hotel room with its noisy AC and its dripping
fawcets soon gets to him, and what was stress at first soon turns into
full-blown delusions - or maybe something worse ...
- Drunk musician Derek (Michael Laurence) rather unexpectedly finds
himself in room 508 in bed with cam girl Beverly (Eugenia Caruso) -
but before he can really take advantage of the situation, she's gone
and Vic (Charles Pike) enters the room, Beverly's pimp or husband or
photographer or jilted lover, whichever of his lies you want to
believe. And he sure has a screw or three loose, and seems to be
highly contagious ...
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Country of Hotels is a borderline surreal sort-of anthology,
seamlessly blending a very diverse array of genres from erotic thriller to
psycho thriller to ghost story to absurd comedy, all packed into a trio of
stories told maybe or maybe not in chronological order, held together not
only by theme but also a bridging plot that's no less weird than the
segments it holds together. But as diverse as the film may be narratively,
a coherent directorial effort that's stylish and slick without being
glossy holds the film together, and a cast clearly in on the joke but
playing it straight really carries things throughout, making this one very
unusual but pretty enjoyable and memorable film.
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