HÔTEL SILENCE
Directed by Léa Pool
Feature film | Fiction
Adaptation of the novel Ör by Audur Ava Ólafsdóttir
Co-production with Canada
Jean, in his fifties, has lost his lust for life. He leaves Canada for a faraway country, somewhere in Europe. A beautiful place to end his days, he thought. But that was without counting on the formidable resilience of the inhabitants and residents of the Silence Hotel.
At 52, Jean Létourneau is a man in crisis. Haunted by his wife's departure and consumed by his mother's old age, he bids farewell to his daughter and travels to the other side of the world, to a country ruined by war, with the secret aim of ending his life. But little by little, his discovery of the region and the stories of the war survivors help him to put his problems into perspective. As a result, his stay at the Hôtel Silence - where he has undertaken to do some minor repairs - allows him to reconnect with a part of his humanity. And, against all the odds, he rediscovers a taste for life.
Screenplay, adaptation, dialogues LÉA POOL based on the novel ÖR by AUÐUR AVA ÓLAFSDÓTTIR
Directed by LÉA POOL
Director of photography DENIS JUTZELER
Artistic concept ANNE-CARMEN VUILLEUMIER
Costume design MARJOLAYNE DESROSIERS
Montage MICHEL ARCAND
Original music MARIO BATKOVIC
Sound MARTIN DESMARAIS - DENIS SECHAUD
Festival de film de l’Outaouais (Opening movie) March 2024
Festival Les Percéides, Gaspé Peninsula – 19 – 25 August 2024
Festival du Film Francophone d’Angoulême - 27 août – 1 September 2024
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Islande - 26 septembre - 6 October
Festival du cinéma québécois de Bicarosse, France - 10-16 November
Rencontres cinématographiques de Cerbère-Collioure, France - 5 October
Hof International Film Festival, Germany 22-27 October
Radio
Ici Radio Canada - Canada : https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/il-restera-toujours-culture/segments/rattrapage/487580/subpoena-culturel-de-jacques-beauchamp-le-film-hotel-silence-de-lea-pool
Print media & Web
Media Film - Canada : https://mediafilm.ca/2023/hotel-silence
La presse - Canada : https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/2024-03-29/hotel-silence/l-homme-de-l-hotel.php
https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/entrevues/2024-03-29/hotel-silence-de-lea-pool/retour-aux-sources.php
https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/litterature/2024-03-28/hotel-silence/un-film-fidele-au-roman.php
Journal de Montreal - Canada : https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2024/03/29/critique-du-film-hotel-silence-un-drame-sensible-et-rempli-despoir
Le Soleil - Canada : https://www.lesoleil.com/arts/cinema/2024/03/29/emhotel-silenceem-reparer-lirreparable-SQ7WKJ4CP5CQDKU63NZEZ6YFSE/
Cinoche - Canada : https://www.cinoche.com/films/hotel-silence/critiques/les-restes-humains
Le Devoir - Canada : https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/809492/hotel-silence-ombre-lumiere
https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/809899/hotel-silence-chemin-convenu-vers-lumiere
Kino Culture Montreal - Canada : https://kinoculturemontreal.com/hotel-silence/
Le Petit Septième - Canada : https://lepetitseptieme.ca/2024/03/29/hotel-silence-quand-deux-moins-font-un-plus/