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2020 Sarasota Film Festival

The Grand Hotel Ballet

• 1 hr 20 min• France• French

About this film

At the foot of the French Alps, students at the renowned Lesdiguières Hotel School are on track to become chefs, headwaiters and housekeepers for the world's most prestigious hotels and restaurants. These young men and women, most from modest backgrounds, have come to this school to learn how to prepare food, serve and tidy what eventually becomes a carefully crafted choreography. In this film at the crossroads of documentary film and musical, these hopefuls dance and sing their way through the demanding training program; but will their rigorous preparation be enough to impress the famous institutions they dream of working for?

Credits

Director
Jacques Deschamps
Producer
Céline Loiseau, Miléna Poyio, Giles Sacuto
Indie Visions (Features)Narrative (Feature)Documentary
The Grand Hotel Ballet
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