Film Restored – ‘Hôtel des Acacias’

European Restorations

BE 1982, Directors: Yves Hanchar, Pierre Charles Rochette, François Vanderveken, Isabelle Willems

Original with English subtitles
Original format: 16 mm, 1.37:1, color
DCP 2K, 42 min, Cinémathèque royale de Belgique – Cinematek
Introduction: Gilles Bissot (INSAS)

Several young men and women arrive one after the other at Hôtel des Acacias, full of hope, desire and vitality. In the bustle of this hotel, everyone is looking for love.

‘Hôtel des Acacias’ was an exercise guided in 1982 by Chantal Akerman at Belgium’s INSAS audio-visual college, just before she directed ‘Golden Eighties’. Her personality left a strong impression on the four student directors and on the exercise itself.

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