Hotel Sorrento

Hotel Sorrento
Theatrical poster
Directed byRichard Franklin
Written byPeter Fitzpatrick
Richard Franklin
Based onHotel Sorrento (play) by
Hannie Rayson
Produced byRichard Franklin
StarringCaroline Goodall
Caroline Gillmer
Tara Morice
CinematographyGeoff Burton
Edited byDavid Pulbrook
Music byNerida Tyson-Chew
Distributed byUmbrella Entertainment
Release date
  • 14 July 1995 (1995-07-14)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Hotel Sorrento is a 1995 Australian drama film directed by Richard Franklin. Three sisters reunite in the sleepy Australian town of Sorrento after a ten-year hiatus.[1] One of the three has written a book called Melancholy which is a thinly disguised version of their lives. The film is an adaptation of Hannie Rayson's 1990 play of the same name.[2]

"One of the film's many fleeting reflections is an exploration of the word "melancholy" - a word that perfectly suits Hotel Sorrento's tone and pace."[3]

  1. ^ Holden, Stephen (26 May 1995). "Hotel Sorrento (1995)". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Hotel Sorrento". Answers.Com. n.d. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  3. ^ Buckmaster, Luke (18 December 1999). "Hotel Sorrento (1995)". In Film Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2010.