Hôtel des Amériques

Dec 2 1981 Not Rated 1h 35m
Drama, Romance

Helene, a pill-addicted anesthesiologist, is mourning the death of her boyfriend when, through a car accident she causes, she chances to meet the lethargic Gilles, a young man who lives for free at his mother's hotel. Gilles pursues Helene romantically, and she eventually softens up. Gilles, however, is also devoted to Bernard, a petty crook who revels in mugging gay men. All three struggle with relationships that seem to be going nowhere.

Plot

Hélène, a distracted pill-popping anesthetist, almost runs down Gilles one evening on a Biarritz street. She is still numb from the drowning death earlier that year of her lover, a visionary architect. Gilles presses for a relationship, then backs away, deciding she could never love someone of lower class and limited prospects. But she does fall in love with him and gradually her depression eases. As she heals, he becomes obsessed with her lover's talents and his own limitations, behaving bizarrely and pushing her away. How these conflicts play out becomes the movie's story.

Written by

Gilles Taurand, André Téchiné

Directed by

André Téchiné

Cast

Catherine Deneuve, Patrick Dewaere, Etienne Chicot

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Films A2, Sara Films

Languages

Français

Awards

3 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
1,178
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA