The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Piccolo Hotel (aka Small Hotel) uses the titular establishment to weave together a vast tapestry of subplots, a la Grand Hotel. The guests include a domineering mother (Lola Braccini), her petulant daughter (Bianca Doria) and the daughter's gigolo boyfriend (Guido Notari). Also on hand is a worldly vamp (Laura Nucci) who also falls for the boyfriend, and the chronic-gambler son (Andrea Checchi) of the hotel's self-sacrificing landlady (Emma Grammatica). Though the film is set in Budapest, the characters are more Mediterranean than mittel-European. Piccolo Hotel was one of the entries in the Vienna Biennial Film Festival.
Ratings
TMDB7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Piero BalleriniDirector
- Piero BalleriniScreenplay
Cast
- Andrea ChecchiAndrea Toth
- Emma GramaticaMartha Toth
- Laura NucciAurora Borg
- Mino DoroGregory Bauer
- Bianca DoriaAnna Fargas
- Lola BracciniRosa Fargas
- Giovanni Grassodottor Kralik
- Luisella BeghiMaria Kallmann
- Silvio BagoliniStefan Bartha
- Velia Cruicchi GalvaniYvonne Guilbert
- Guido NotariPaolo Holber
- Corrado De CenzoVladimiro Skenak