THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
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DIRECTOR: Wes Anderson WRITER: Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness, Stefan Zweig CAST: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Saoirse Ronan, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, Larry Pine, Giselda Volodi, Florian Lukas USA/GERMANY 2014 There was a quite excitement to see this new Wes Anderson film. Why? Well, because he’s one of the most creative, refreshing artists in the world, and mostly he’s really passionate about the art that he makes. His latest film was the wonderful Moonrise Kingdom, and so the expectations for this new flick were pretty high. But did it respond to these expectations? Absolutely. The Grand Budapest Hotel is for sure one of the best accomplished films by Anderson. In each film, Anderson renews himself with his peculiar way of telling a heartfelt story and always with a brilliant cast by his side. All the scenes are shot in symmetry with wide angle lenses and there’s this powerful contrast of colors; there’s such precision in each scene and every little detail matters, almost like every little thing is flawless to our amused eyes. This film tells a story within a story. The opening scene shows “The Author” telling about the book he wrote about his trip to the Grand Budapest Hotel - located in the fictional Republic of Zubrowka - in 1968. But the story itself is about Zero Moustafa, the hotel’s owner and why that place means so much to him. The owner’s story begins in 1932 during the final years of the hotel’s glory days on the verge of war, when he worked there as lobby boy. Gustave H is the legendary concierge of the hotel, and with him he goes through an exciting, yet turbulent adventure when Gustave is accused of murdering one of his clients, Madame D. From going to prison, to steal a priceless Renaissance painting from Madame D and the battle against her family, the two friends share moments of true friendship and loyalty, and obviously, they are the emotional key element that makes this movie so magnificent. We applause the terrific performance of Ralph Fiennes as Gustave H, so neat and precise, as well F. Murray Abraham and Adrien Brody that are tremendous in their roles. Actually, the whole cast makes every scene remarkable and fascinating, with delight humour and quirky dialogs. Wes anderson did it again and brought to life a story that will be cherished and really admired for a long, long time. Bravo!
ANDREIA ALVES
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