''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
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. It is currently available in the UK on DVD and the U.S. on
video 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
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. 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.
Cast
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Toni Collette as Kath
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Daniel Craig as Ronald Blanche
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Katrin Cartlidge as Cora Blanche
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Stephen Tompkinson as Dezmond Blanche
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Hugh O'Conor as Stanley Smith
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Helen McCrory as Lorna Bull
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Peter Vaughan as Morton Blanche
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Joerg Stadler
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as Sergei Gorgonov
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Clare Cathcart
Clare Cathcart (2 October 1965 – 4 September 2014) was a Northern Irish actress.
She was known for her appearances in Coronation Street, ''New Tricks'' and ''Call the Midwife'' in which she played Mrs Torpy. Cathcart also appeared in the TV ...
as Lorraine Bull
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John Boswall
John Boswall (2 May 1920 – 6 June 2011) was a British actor probably best known for playing Wyvern in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest''.
Early life and education
Boswall was born John Stuart on 2 May 1920 in Oxfordshire, Englan ...
as Bellboy
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Toby Jones as Kitchen Boy
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Dan Hildebrand as Waiter
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Imogen Claire Imogen Lee Claire (2 November 1943 – 24 June 2005), born Crowe, was a British dancer, choreographer, actress, and dance teacher.
Early life
Born in London in 1943, Claire was the daughter of Antony Lee Crowe and Kathleen Eden-Green, who had marr ...
as Edna Blanche
Production
The film was shot partially on location at the Slieve Donard hotel in
Newcastle, Northern Ireland.
References
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2000 films
2000 black comedy films
2000s English-language films
British black comedy films
Films set in hotels
Films shot in Northern Ireland
Films shot in England
2000 comedy films
2000s British films
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