After thirty years managing an iconic hotel in Vienna, Lucius learns that the building has been sold to an Argentine developer intent on demolishing and reimagining it. With the help of his daughter and a handful of loyal employees, he clings to the life he’s built. What follows is a crusade of detours, espionage, and a paranoid struggle to preserve a vanishing world — and the only home he’s ever known.
Gastón Solnicki
He was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 1978. He studied at the International Center of Photography and at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he received his BFA in Film. In 2008, he made his feature film debut with ‘Süden’, which won an award at Bafici and the Silver Condor for artistic innovation. His next work, the documentary ‘Papirosen’ (2011), had its world premiere at the Locarno Festival, before winning awards at Bafici and Jerusalem and being selected for competitions such as Rotterdam, the Viennale, Jeonju and Vancouver. ‘Bluebeard’ (2016), his first fiction film, premiered in competition at Orizzonti at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Critics' Award. He returned to the official competition of the Italian festival with his next film, ‘Introduzione all'oscuro’ (2018), while ‘A Little Love Package’ (2022) participated in the Encounters section of the Berlin Film Festival. ‘The Souffleur’ (2025) had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
DIRECTOR
Gastón Solnicki
SCREENPLAY
Julia Niemann, Gastón Solnicki
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Rui Poças
EDITOR
Ana Godoy, Alan Martín Segal
SOUND
Veronika Hlawatsch, Manuel de Andrés, Alexander Koller
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Little Magnet Films, Filmy Wiktora, Primo Films, KGP Filmproudktion
