It’s not until he finally accepts a female guest for a night and goes along with the revamping project for the hotel into more of a nightclub/bar scene that absurd and even stranger characters than Dave himself begin to clutter his hotel, throwing him into a world of unknown experiences. Filthy, broken, moldy, and withering away everything is crumbling down. The building is in pitiful state, as is Dave and any remaining family members still residing there. If strange, dirty and experimental is what you’re looking for, then look no further than Belgium’s “Hotel Poseidon” which made its international premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia Festival.ĭave (Tom Vermeir) still considers himself as the family’s hotel manager even though they haven’t accepted any customers in what seems like years. With inner demons on the booze, lustful creatures tempting his lonely soul to sin and a big plunge into the proverbial metaphysical shit hole, Dave can expect some strong comments on Trip Advisor. Dave will gradually lose his balance and tumble into a waking nightmare, in which his hotel is transformed into an existential purgatory. He wanders the corridors of his personal Overlook Hotel like a zombie, being a passive spectator to what happens around him – whether it’s clients without cash, his mother castrating him with her sharp tongue or a sick aunt in the hallway whose pension keeps the place going. Dave reluctantly pretends to be the manager of Hotel Poseidon, where fungus covers the walls and comments such as “faded glory” and “has seen better times” completely fall short to describe this establishment.
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