Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède

May 27, 1993

1h 18m

★ 4.5

Overview

Claude Ventura's documentary Chambre 12, Hotel de Suede, was made for the French television channel Arte in 1993. Ventura checks into room twelve in the hotel's final week of operation: it is demolished the day after he checks out. Room twelve was one of the principal locations for Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave masterpiece Breathless, and Ventura's documentary investigates the production of Godard's film.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

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Richard Balducci

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Jean-Paul Belmondo

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José Bénazéraf

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Claude Chabrol

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Raoul Coutard

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Cécile Decugis

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Liliane Dreyfus

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Jean-Luc Godard

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Roger Hanin

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Henri-Jacques Huet

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François Moreuil

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Pierre Rissient

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