''Hotel Noir'' is a 2012 crime film directed and written by

Sebastian Gutierrez Sebastián Gutiérrez (born September 10, 1974) is a Venezuelan film director, screenwriter and film producer. He wrote the screenplays to the films ''Gothika'', ''Snakes on a Plane'', ''The Eye (2008 film), The Eye'' and ''The Big Bounce (2004 f ...

. The film stars

Carla Gugino Carla Gugino (; born August 29, 1971) is an American actress. After appearing in ''Troop Beverly Hills'' (1989) and ''This Boy's Life'' (1993), she received recognition for her starring roles as Ingrid Cortez in the ''Spy Kids'' trilogy (2001� ...

and

Rufus Sewell Rufus Frederik Sewell (; born 29 October 1967) is a British film and stage actor. In film, he has appeared in '' Carrington'' (1995), '' ''Hamlet' (1996), ''Dangerous Beauty'' (1998), '' Dark City'' (1998), '' A Knight's Tale ''(2001), '' Th ...

. The film was shot in color and processed as black and white. It was released as

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on October 9, 2012 in the United States. In 2016, the film was retitled ''City of Sin'' and re-released in color.

Plot

Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.

Cast

as Felix *

Malin Akerman Malin Maria Åkerman (born 12 May 1978) is a Swedish actress. In the early 2000s, she had several small television and film parts in both Canadian and American productions, including ''The Utopian Society'' (2003) and '' Harold & Kumar Go to Wh ...

as Swedish Mary *

as Hanna Click *

Danny DeVito Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series ''Taxi'' (1978–1983), which won him a Gold ...

as Eugene Portland *

Rosario Dawson Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama ''Kids''. Her subsequent film roles include ''He Got Game'' (1998), '' Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), ''Men in Bl ...

as Sevilla * Kevin Connolly as Vance *

Robert Forster Robert Wallace Forster Jr. (July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019) was an American actor, known for his roles as John Cassellis in '' Medium Cool'' (1969), Captain Dan Holland in ''The Black Hole'' (1979), Abdul Rafai in '' The Delta Force'' (1986 ...

as Jim Logan *

Mandy Moore Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame with her debut single, "Candy (Mandy Moore song), Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Her de ...

as Evangeline Lundy

Release

Through a Kickstarter campaign, the film received funding for an independently released theatrical run as well as through Video On Demand. The film premiered in Los Angeles on September 27, 2012 in addition to having a LACMA screening two days prior. It was released in the United States through Video On Demand services on October 9, 2012. It opened in New York at the Cinema Village on October 12, 2012. Following this, the film received various runs in select cities nationwide through a partnership with Gathr Films. Kickstarter backers for the film began receiving their exclusive DVD/BR releases on January 10, 2013. A limited-run soundtrack was also released. The film also screened at the Warsaw Film Festival in Poland on October 12, 2012, as well as receiving international home releases in Germany and Australia. In late 2016, the United States distribution rights to the film were picked up by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, which re-released the film in Color on January 3, 2017 under the title ''City of Sin''.

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* * * * 2012 films American crime comedy films 2012 direct-to-video films 2010s crime comedy films Films directed by Sebastian Gutierrez American independent films American black-and-white films 2012 comedy films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{comedy-crime-film-stub