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Jun 15, 2017 · A film crew follows two Finnish girls who work as barmaids in a remote Australian hotel for three months. They face challenges, culture shock and isolation in this observational documentary about the outback lifestyle.
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- Pete Gleeson
- 2017-06-15
Jun 22, 2017 · Director Pete Gleeson’s documentary, Hotel Coolgardie, explores what happens when two 20-something Finnish backpackers, Lina and Steph (who asked for their surnames to be withheld), land in the...
A comedy series about the local men in Coolgardie, Australia, who wait for the arrival of two foreign female backpackers who work in the town's bar. Watch the trailer and see the ratings and reviews from critics and viewers on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- Documentary
- Pete Gleeson
Watch the trailer and read the reviews of this shocking and captivating film that follows two Finnish backpackers working as barmaids in a mining town. Hotel Coolgardie is a portrait of small town insularity, fragile masculinity and the plight of the outsider.
- Trailer Aims to 'Spark Attention'
- Not Flattering to Outback Says Stratton
- Reactions to Film
- Unique Character of Locals Attracted Filmmaker
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Perth-based filmmaker Pete Gleeson said the snapshot of life in the town given in the trailer was intended to generate talk. "The trailer is designed to, you know, spark people's attentions and that's kind of what it did," he said. But he said the trailer was just that — a trailer. "It's really hard to sum up the nuance of an entire film in a trail...
The town of Coolgardie, with its grand, but tired, facades, empty blocks of land and quiet streets, is far from the bustling WA gold capital it was in the late 1800s, once dubbed the mother of the Goldfields. With a downturn in the mining industry, coupled with improved mining techniques and a rise in people working fly-in-fly-out rosters, the soci...
While the film centres on the jarring experiences of the Finnish backpackers with often-drunk local men, there were many times during the screening when the Kalgoorlie cinema erupted with laughter. As the story naturally evolves, unexpected characters surface in the story, and there are moments of affecting emotion between the backpackers and local...
Mr Gleeson said the unique, no-nonsense character of the people in the region, which attracted him in the first place, was what made the film what it was. He reminded people that it was a film and by that very nature, it was only able to capture a limited perspective. "You can't sum up anywhere at all, any town, by the views of two people, Mr Glees...
A film about two Finnish backpackers who work at a pub in the small mining town of Coolgardie, 500 km east of Perth. The film explores the contrast between the country and city lifestyles, the challenges of isolation and the characters of the locals.
When two Finnish girls take jobs in the town's pub, they find themselves in a trial of endurance, and soon realise that pouring pints is the least of their work. Amusing, disturbing, and thoroughly bizarre, this candid documentary reveals the struggles of adapting to life in an insular community.
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In remotest red-dust Australia is the sleepy mining town of Coolgardie. When two Finnish girls take jobs in the town’s only pub, they find themselves in a tr...
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