Hotel Splendide (2000)

Name: Hotel Splendide
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2000-09-21
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Toni Collette, Daniel Craig, Katrin Cartlidge, Stephen Tompkinson, Hugh O'Conor

Hotel Splendide (2000), directed by Terence Gross, starring Toni Collette and Daniel Craig.

09/21/2000 BR Comedy 1h 38m

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… The Last Resort

Synopsis

A chef seeks reconciliation with her brother by helping him run a decaying resort and health spa.

Pados GyulaCinematography
Terence GrossDirector, Writer
Michael EllisEditing
Ildikó KeményProducer

About the film

Hotel Splendide is a 2000 British independent dark comedy film, written and directed by Terence Gross and starring Toni Collette and Daniel Craig. The film appeared in a number of British and European film festivals but was not released in the US, although it did appear on cable networks on channels catering to independent film. It was shown on Film4 in June 2026 in the UK, and is available in the US via video on demand.

The film tells the story of the Blanche family who run a dark and dismal health resort on a remote island which is only accessible by ferry. The spa program consists of feeding the guests seaweed and eel-based meals, then administering liberal colonic irrigation. The spa is run by the family matriarch, Dame Blanche, until her death.

Things continue with her children running the resort until Kath, the resort's former sous chef and the love interest of one of the sons, comes back to the island unannounced. Stranded between monthly ferries, she is a catalyst for a series of events that turns life as it is known at Hotel Splendide on its ear.

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Cast

Toni Collette as Kath

Daniel Craig as Ronald Blanche

Katrin Cartlidge as Cora Blanche

Stephen Tompkinson as Dezmond Blanche

Hugh O'Conor as Stanley Smith

Helen McCrory as Lorna Bull

Peter Vaughan as Morton Blanche

Joerg Stadler as Sergei Gorgonov

Clare Cathcart as Lorraine Bull

John Boswall as Bellboy

Nadine Leonard as Chambermaid

Toby Jones as Kitchen Boy

Dan Hildebrand as Waiter

Imogen Claire as Edna Blanche

Production

The film was shot partially on location at the Slieve Donard hotel in Newcastle, Northern Ireland.

References

External links

Hotel Splendide at IMDb

Hotel Splendide at Rotten Tomatoes

Text from Hotel Splendide (2000 film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Splendide_(2000_film)

Trivia

It premiered on September 21, 2000, a Thursday.
It runs 1h38 — a typical feature length.
It won 1 award(s) and received 0 nomination(s) on record at Wikidata — Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography among them.
This film's quiz has 13 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.