Hotel Chevalier
Hotel Chevalier is a short film starring Natalie Portman and Jason Schwartzman which acts as a prologue to the feature film The Darjeeling Limited. Both films are written and directed by Wes Anderson.
The film received its public premiere via iTunes where it was available as a free download until late October 2007. It was decided that the short film would be paired with The Darjeeling Limited in some theaters. It is also available on the DVD for The Darjeeling Limited.
Fast Facts
- Director: Wes Anderson
- Writer: Wes Anderson
- Producer: John Runkle
- MPAA: Rated R
- Runtime: 13 minutes
Plot Summary
Jack Whitman orders room service in his hotel room in Paris. While he is waiting, he receives a call from his ex-girlfriend who says she is coming to visit him.
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Reviews
"Portman and Schwartzman give us enough to recognize ourselves and our secrets in their actions without laying out an excessive story. Hotel Chevalier is a story of possibility, that despite our worst inclinations and the wrongs we've committed, we can hold one another close if only for a few moments."—Film.com1
"Hotel Chevalier is naked autoconfrontation, both serious and sad, just short of crossing the line into self-indulgence. The credit for its success belongs to Jason Schwartzman and Portman and their stellar performances; the script is sparing and the dialogue largely unrevealing (though it has its share of great lines: “I promise, I will never be your friend” among them), with all the backstory filled in by gestures between the leads, who obviously spent a lot of time with Anderson developing the characters’ histories. The result is a film that needs nothing spoken and yet is still silently and painfully sad."—Film School Rejects2
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