Hotel America
- Catherine Deneuve: Hélène
- Etienne Chicot: Bernard
- Patrick Dewaere: Gilles Tisserand
- Josiane Balasko: Colette
- Sabine Haudepin: Elise Tisserand
- Francois Perrot: Rudell
- Dominique Lavanant: Jacqueline
- Frederique Ruchaud: mother of Gilles
- Jean -Louis Vitrac: Luc
Meeting in Biarritz ( Original Title: Hôtel des Amériques ) is a French film directed by André Téchiné in 1982 The film was first broadcast in Germany on February 22, 1988 at ZDF..
Action
The film tells the story of Hélène doctor who is inattentive for a moment at the wheel of her car and almost caused an accident. Fortunately, the young man was not injured. But Gilles, whose family in Biarritz operates a run-down hotel, falls in love with the elegant, self-confident woman. He follows her from now on through the city. In Hélène's facade haughty seclusion, which they maintain in everyday life, cracks show.
Reviews
The lexicon of the International film was "a moody melodrama photographed against the backdrop of cloudy Biarritz; the interaction of coincidences and unfortunate dependence of the film develops a dance fluctuating relations, where he always stays at the maudlin surface and never questioned the events. "
Anne Rose Katz wrote in the Süddeutsche Zeitung: " It is not the story of a Mesalliance that touches us, but it's the characters, all the secondary characters that represent a microcosm full verpuffender feelings in a delicate balance. Lauter invalids who constantly inflict new wounds, but not deep enough to die from it. Director Téchiné expresses the passage of time through journeys, transitions, fades to black; and on the other hand uses counterpoint of waiting: conviviality, love law enforcement, to the renovations. This carefully composed sequence keeps the tension in the audience also gone midnight awake yet. "
Awards
Sabine Haudepin was nominated in 1982 for her portrayal of Elise Tisserand for the César for Best Supporting Actress.