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The Palace (2023)

★ 5.4 · 198 ratings on TMDB
The Palace poster★ 5.4

A comedy set on New Year’s Eve 1999 in a luxurious hotel in the Swiss Alps where the lives of various guests and those who work for them intersect.

DirectorRoman Polanski
CastBronwyn James, Fanny Ardant, Fortunato Cerlino, Joaquim de Almeida, John Cleese, Luca Barbareschi
GenresComedy, Drama
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The Palace keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing inequality, wealth, class, law, culture.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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