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Bunker Palace Hotel (1989)
Director: Enki Bilal
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From Time Out Film Guide
Connoisseurs of dire futures and admirers of the colour grey will find most to relish in this haunting but rather heartless picture. As civil war rages, a bunch of variously weird Establishment figures takes refuge in an underground hideaway staffed by erratically functioning robots. A shaven headed Trintignant, oozing sinister emollience, dominates the scene; his encounters with Bouquet, a tightlipped revolutionary who has infiltrated the group, are gripping. Bilal is a leading strip-cartoon artist (and designer for Alain Resnais) and his imaginary ash coloured setting is certainly striking. But finally the stylishness and the deadpan comedy seem attached to little beyond a skin deep misanthropy.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: Enki Bilal
Producer: Maurice Bernart
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Carole Bouquet, Maria Schneider, Benoît Régent, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Roger Dumas full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 96 mins
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