HOTEL SUNRISE

HOTEL ÚSVIT

By Maria RUMANOVA

KALEIDOSCOPE - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2016

A three-year survey into the lives of people living at the outermost extremities of the European continent.

Festivals
& Awards

IDFA 2016
Competition for Mid-length Documentary
Hot Docs 2017
World Showcase
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Social issues
    • Countries
    • SLOVAKIA
    • Languages
    • SLOVAKIAN, HUNGARIAN
    • Duration
    • 49 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Maria RUMANOVA
    • Writer(s)
    • Maria RUMANOVA
    • Producer(s)
    • Ivan OSTROCHOVSKY (Punkchart films)
    • Synopsis
    • Against the lethargic backdrop of a defunct rail transhipment station at the Slovak-Ukrainian border, we follow the stories of four protagonists who strive to break the vicious, immutable cycle of life on the social periphery, armed only with their unwavering desire for happiness. Desire alone does not guarantee success, nor the propriety of the protagonists' decisions.
      The characters in this film find their own ways to navigate the dysfunctional system, often skittering along the edge of the law and common sense, but their stories are all the more genuine, expressive, and human. Their everyday reality is the town of Čierna nad Tisou - once called the 'Golden Gate of Socialism', now little more than a smuggling den at the Eastern European border.