Hotel Splendide (film)

For the 1932 film, see Hotel Splendide (1932 film).
Hotel Splendide

Hotel Splendide promotional poster
Directed by Terence Gross
Produced by Robert Buckler
Ildiko Kemeny
Written by Terence Gross
Starring Toni Collette
Daniel Craig
Music by Mark Tschanz
Cinematography Gyula Pados
Edited by Michael Ellis
Release dates
22 September 2000
Running time
98 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Hotel Splendide is a 2000 British independent dark comedy film, written and directed by Terence Gross and starring Toni Collette and Daniel Craig. The film appeared in a number of British and European film festivals but was not released in the US, although it did appear on cable networks on channels catering to independent film. It is currently available in the UK on DVD and the US on DVR on demand.

The film tells the story of the Blanche family who run a dark and dismal health resort on a remote island which is only accessible by ferry. The spa program consists of feeding the guests seaweed and eel-based meals, then administering liberal colonic irrigation. The spa is run by the family matriarch, Dame Blanche, until her death.

Things continue with her children running the resort until Kath, the resort's former sous chef and the love interest of one of the sons, comes back to the island unannounced. Stranded between monthly ferries, she is a catalyst for a series of events that turns life as it is known at Hotel Splendide on its ear.

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