NEON released a trailer for Kitty Green’s “The Royal Hotel.” It looks tense and well-directed.
I already had my eye out for Green’s film, which screened at Telluride to positive reviews. It currently has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but only based on six reviews.
Green directed 2020’s “The Assistant,” a thoroughly fascinating and minimalist depiction of Harvey Weinstein’s junior assistant.
Last year, Neon snapped up North American rights to “The Royal Hotel”. Actress Julia Garner again teams-up with Green for this one, which also stars Hugo Weaving and Jessica Henwick. It’s an Aussie-American distribution that might make waves when it screens.
Inspired by true events, “The Royal Hotel” follows best friends Hanna (Garner) and Liv (Henwick), backpackers in Australia who run out of money. Still looking for an adventure, they decide to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called “The Royal Hotel” in a remote Outback mining town.
Things start getting dicey when bar owner Billy (Weaving) and a host of locals start crossing the line with their jokes and behavior. Soon Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.
There is an October 6th release date set for “The Royal Hotel.”