Hôtel des longues peines

Hôtel des longues peines

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Status

Released

Runtime

0h 51m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Hôtel des longues peines

Production Companies

Les Films d'Ici, ARTE France Cinéma

Director

Hélène Angel

Description

Lannemezan, 6,423 inhabitants, 70 kilometers from Spain. At the foot of the Pyrenees. Lannemezan, with its Péchiney factory, golf course, children's leisure park and prison. Hélène Angel's film portrays the wives, mothers, sisters and girlfriends of prison inmates, who get together for a weekend to visit their long-sentenced husbands. This documentary sheds light on the habits and daily lives of this "special population", who meet regularly in this singular hotel, "l'hôtel de la gare", run by an equally singular owner, Nadine Cistac.