Hôtel Provençal. Rise and Fall of the Riviera

 

Documentary film, 52 min.

Production: Colonia Media in cooperation with ARTE for ZDF

 

	Director/Script:	Lutz Hachmeister
	Assistant Directors:	Malika Rabahallah, Christian Wagener
	Director of Photography:	Hans Fromm
	Editors:	Stefan Wieduwilt (ZDF), Olaf Grunert (Arte)
	Cutter:	Guido Krajewski
	Sound:	Peter Carstens
	Sound mix:	Tilo Busch (Soundvision)

 

First broadcast: May 17, 2000, ARTE

Rerun: April 22, 2001, ZDF

Nominated for the Grimme Award 2001

 

 

 

 

Synopsis

 

The Hotel Provençal in Juan-les-Pins was once considered a place of wealth and elegance. However, for the past 20 years the former palace has been abandoned. The film "Hotel Provençal" explores the lost world of the glamorous hotel and tells the story of its symbiotic connection to the history of the Côte d'Azur.

 

 

 

 

Press responses

 

The big bugs, the short luck and the unfortunate habit of over-sized luxury buildings to choke on their own glamour and arrogance – all this is told with elegance and opulence.
(Die Zeit, May 5, 2000)