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Jason Schwartzman, Natalie Portman, Michel Castejon

A short epilogue of one heartbreaking history of love and the prologue of the travel told in The Darjeeling Limited.

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R, 13 min.

Directed by: Wes Anderson

Release Date: October 26, 2007

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  • November 21, 2011
    This short is a great little introductory prelude to The Darjeeling Limited, but it works okay on its own, too. The brief narrative concerns a man in a hotel room who gets a visit from his estranged ex.

    It's pretty much a two character piece, but it's amazing how strong this is... read more, and it's only 13 minutes. The art direction and cinematography are wonderful. Schwartzman and Portman put in some terrific work, and Portman briefly gets naked, so, if you like that sort of thing, here it is.

    I think Anderson should make more shorts because this is really good, and, given that it is limited by time, he is forced to be more creative and tell a whole story in a short amount of time. He's in somewhat of a rut as of recently, although Fantastic Mr. Fox did pull him out of it a bit. I think this sort of thing could really revitalize his career.

    Give this a watch. It's really something.
  • February 25, 2011
    She: Are you running away from me?
    He: I thought I already did.

    A Paris hotel room. A broken heart. Two ex-lovers.


  • February 4, 2010
    It's an interesting short, but I don't feel that it really had any purpose outside it being an introduction to Darjeeling Limited. Sure it has Natalie Portman, but that's all it amounts to.
  • September 2, 2009
    Beautifully shot, Hotel Chevalier is a nice prologue to The Darjeeling Limited. Natalie Portman's Bottom makes a nice special guest appearance! ;o)
  • April 20, 2009
    "Whatever happens in the end, I don't wanna lose you as my friend."

    A short prologue of one heartbreaking history of love and the prologue of the travel told in "The Darjeeling Limited"

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    Design... read moreed as a semi-independent prelude to "The Darjeeling Limited", "Hotel Chevalier" proves that ten minutes of Wes Anderson's wizardry are worth more than many another big-budget director's feature-length film. It's a study in the pain and the lust only love can bring, as well as a variation of Anderson's trademark motif, control. Where "The Darjeeling Limited" bubbles over with substance abuse, poisonous snakes, restroom romps, brotherly affection and fatal accidents, "Hotel Chevalier" is a quiet and slightly eerie two-character mini drama set in a lavish Merchant-Ivory style suite. The suite's sole resident is a reclusive control-freak writer in a long-distance relationship (Jason Schwartzman). We watch as he half enjoys, half endures a surprise visit by his control-freak girlfriend (Natalie Portman). Is she a woman of flesh and blood, or is she just an imaginary incarnation of the jet-setting girl from "Where do you go to my lovely", the song Peter keeps playing on his portable stereo? There's no knowing what's real and what isn't in Anderson's paper moon world. But the importance of fact and fiction fades as she reclines on the bed and has Peter take off her spike-heeled boots. It's the most emotionally and sexually loaded scene I have seen in a long time, like a 20-second tango. It seems some of Natalie Portman's best work is done in shorts set in Paris. Remember Tom Tykwer's "True"?
  • November 8, 2008
    Excellent beginning to a much larger and very funny and enlightening story.
  • July 5, 2008
    Brilliant short film that shows a liitle of one of the main character's life in The Darjeeling Limited. Natalie Portman shines in a role so different than what she usually plays. This film accompanies The Darjeeling Limited, and is an important prologue about love and heartbreak ... read morefurther explored in the film.
  • July 1, 2008
    Great short film by Anderson that I watch constantly because I am obsessed with Natalie Portman.
  • November 25, 2007
    Kind of empty and takes the less is more approach to a short film. All this and you finally get to see Natalie Portman naked. It helps explain a little bit more within The Darjeeling Limited but it's nothing to freak out over. If I had to seriously go out of my way to see it I'd ... read moreprobably be disappointed, but since they played it before Darjeeling Limited I'm not complaining too much.
  • October 26, 2007
    A bizarre, rather empty short with beautiful set design and cinematography. Disappointing, but still looking forward to The Darjeeling Limited.

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April 12, 2011
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