Red hotel

On a wild pass in the Pyrenees stands a god-forgotten hotel. Few travelers reached him, and certainly no one came back. The fact is that gloomy owners, in order to make ends meet, forced their deaf-mute son to kill guests and appropriate their goods. Once a group of pilgrims led by a priest peered into this hotel. The owner of the hotel, tormented by torment of conscience for terrible sins, decided to confess. The priest was horrified, knowing in advance that all the guests will soon face a brutal death. But he also cannot give out the secret of confession. Residents of the Red Hotel are waiting for a “fun” night, rich in incredible events.

Gerard Kravchik before the premiere of the film noted that a priori, this is not a comedy ^[1] . He positioned his creation as a funny fairy tale with a small admixture of horror.

Starring Christian Clavier, Josian Balascoil and Gerard Junio ​​began their careers in the popular comic theater troupe Splendid ^[2] .

The world premiere of the film took place on November 16, 2007 in Moscow as part of the French Cinema Today festival organized by Unifrance and the French Embassy ^[3] .

The film was released in France (350 screen copies), Russia (298 copies), Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Armenia. The rights to a television show in the Russian Federation were also sold ^[1] .

Browser Le Monde recommended that viewers ignore the picture due to poor content and the absence of truly scary moments ^[4]

The newspaper " Liberation " noted the initially narrow framework in which the remake was placed, and also scolded the "Red Hotel" for vulgarity and vulgarity ^[5] .

Browser Newspaper. Ru Daria Goryacheva considered the picture, if not a cross to the ground, then a weighty wreath on the grave of the old French comedy genre, which has been associated for a century with a buffoonery, fussy running around, bulging eyes and eccentric comedians . A feature of the film, she considered his anti-bourgeois position against the anticlerical one used in the original. The reviewer also contradicted the commercial prospects of the film in Russia ^[2] .

In France, the Red Hotel was watched by more than 799 thousand people ^[6] , the fees amounted to more than $ 6.5 million. In Russia, the picture received $ 1.286 million during the rental period ^[7] . Global fees reached $ 8 million with a budget of 21.4 million euros.