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Have you seen Hotel Chevalier? Do you prefer it before or after watching Darjeeling? Let me know in the comments. Hotel Chevalier
She is sunshine wrapped in jet lag. He is anxiety wrapped in a Louis XV robe. ★★★★★ (Five broken hearts / Five) Have you
As the film reaches its climax (both emotional and literal), Peter Sarstedt’s “Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?” swells on the soundtrack. It’s a song about a girl who escaped the poverty of Naples for the high life of the French Riviera—a perfect, aching metaphor for the character Portman plays. She’s a dream that walked into his sterile hotel room. She is sunshine wrapped in jet lag
Just don’t answer the door if you hear a knock in a pink suit.
There are short films, and then there are cinematic gut punches that last exactly 13 minutes. Wes Anderson’s Hotel Chevalier (2007) is the latter.
Jack is alone in a mustard-yellow hotel suite, ordering room service, avoiding the phone, and meticulously pressing his suits. He is trying to disappear. But then, a knock at the door. Enter "The Girlfriend" (Natalie Portman) in a vibrant pink suit.