In a dystopian dictatorship, the dignitaries of the regime are evacuated to a luxurious underground shelter while waiting for their leader to bring the ongoing revolution to heel. The Bunker Palace Hotel is both a refuge and a palace with android staff. It was conceived and is directed with an iron fist by the sinister Holm (Jean-Louis Trintignant). But the leader of the junta is slow to arrive and the synthetic staff of the place begins to show worrying signs of dysfunction…
By cult comic book author Enki Bilal
Bunker Palace Hotel is the first SF feature film signed in 1989 by cult comic book author Enki Bilal (The Fair of Immortals, The Woman Trap, The Sleep of the Monster), who had previously created the sets for Life Is A Novel by Alain Resnais.
Bunker Palace Hotel is populated by a rather incredible cast including Jean-Louis Trintignant, we also find Carole Bouquet, Maria Schneider, Jean-Pierre Léaud or even Roger Dumas and Yann Collette.
Pre-order of Bunker Palace Hotel open
In the Blu-Ray combo published by Rimini Editions on October 17, we will find Bunker Palace Hotel in Blu-Ray version, the same in DVD version as well as a bonus DVD including an interview with Enki Bilal made in June 2023 and the Cinémonstre edit (75 minutes) directed by the same Bilal from his three feature films (Bunker Palace Hotel, Tykho Moon, Immortel). Another supplement: the documentary (52 minutes) Enki Bilal, memories of the future.
The combo will also be accompanied by four postcards reproducing preparatory drawings by Bilal for the film. Pre-orders for the combo are already open.
