Danube Hotel

Danube Hotel
Danube Hotel
	Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Hotel Danubio
Directed by	Antonio Giménez-Rico
Written by	Antonio Giménez-Rico
Based on	The Red Fish; by Carlos Blanco
Produced by	José Luis Garci
Starring	Santiago Ramos; Carmen Morales; Mariola Fuentes; Iñaki Miramón; Juan Jesús Valverde; José Sazatornil "Saza";
Cinematography	Raúl P. Cubero
Edited by	Miguel G. Sinde
Music by	Pablo Cervantes
Production; companies	Nickel Odeon Dos; Enrique Cerezo PC; PC 29;
Distributed by	Columbia TriStar Films de España
Release dates	2 May 2003 (Málaga); 26 September 2003 (Spain);
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Danube Hotel (Spanish: Hotel Danubio)^[1] is a 2003 Spanish neo-noir thriller drama film written and directed by Antonio Giménez-Rico consisting of a remake of the 1955 film The Red Fish which stars Santiago Ramos and Carmen Morales.

Plot

The plot follows struggling writer Hugo, in a relationship with younger and ambitious chorus girl Ivón, who falls for Hugo's son.^[2]^[1]

Cast

Production

The film is a remake of the 1955 film The Red Fish, directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde and written by Carlos Blanco.^[3] It is a Nickel Odeon Dos, Enrique Cerezo PC and PC 29 production, with the participation of TVE and Vía Digital [es].^[1]^[4] Shooting locations included Santiago de Compostela.^[5]

Release

The film was presented at the Málaga Film Festival in May 2003.^[6] Distributed by Columbia TriStar Spain,^[4] it was released theatrically in Spain on 26 September 2003, grossing €0.328 million (78,862 admissions).^[7]

Reception

Critical response

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed Hotel Danubio to be an "accomplished exercise in style that harks wistfully back to '40s Hollywood" as well as an "enjoyably mannered, craftily plotted and beautifully produced pic".^[4]

Accolades


Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2004	18th Goya Awards	Best Costume Design	Montse Sancho, Lourdes de Orduña	Nominated	^[8]
		Best Makeup and Hairstyles	Cristóbal Criado, Alicia López	Nominated
		Best Original Score	Pablo Cervantes	Nominated

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Green, Jennifer (23 April 2003). "Spain's Grupo PI adds two to its international slate". ScreenDaily.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Hotel Danubio". elmundo.es. January 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
^ Boquerini (2 May 2003). "Giménez-Rico presenta en Málaga "Hotel Danubio", rodada en Galicia". La Voz de Galicia. Grupo Vocento.
^ ^a ^b ^c Holland, Jonathan (5 June 2023). "Hotel Danubio". Variety.
^ Rey, Carlos (3 March 2021). "Santiago de Compostela en la gran pantalla: la capital gallega en 10 grandes películas". Quincemil – via El Español.
^ "El Festival de Málaga rinde homenaje a Gutiérrez Aragón". El Mundo. 3 May 2003.
^ Caparrós Lera, José María (2005). La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003). Tres Cantos: Ediciones Akal. p. 243. ISBN 84-460-2414-4.
^ "Hotel Danubio". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

[green-1] Green, Jennifer (23 April 2003). "Spain's Grupo PI adds two to its international slate". ScreenDaily.

[elmundo-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Hotel Danubio". elmundo.es. January 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

[lavozdegalicia-3] Boquerini (2 May 2003). "Giménez-Rico presenta en Málaga "Hotel Danubio", rodada en Galicia". La Voz de Galicia. Grupo Vocento.

[holland-4] Holland, Jonathan (5 June 2023). "Hotel Danubio". Variety.

[5] Rey, Carlos (3 March 2021). "Santiago de Compostela en la gran pantalla: la capital gallega en 10 grandes películas". Quincemil – via El Español.

[6] "El Festival de Málaga rinde homenaje a Gutiérrez Aragón". El Mundo. 3 May 2003.

[7] Caparrós Lera, José María (2005). La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003). Tres Cantos: Ediciones Akal. p. 243. ISBN 84-460-2414-4.

[8] "Hotel Danubio". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

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