Hotel of Dreams
(2005, 59min /52)
About Jeannot Da Silva who returns to Senegal after 25 years in Europe – with a dream to build a hotel. But it’s not easy to get tourists to come and become part of a reality he left behind long ago. Opinions are divided in the village, which is now exposed to global tourism.
Director Helle Toft Jensen, producer Signe Byrge Sørensen, editor Niels Pagh Andersen. Produced by Spor Media. (DRTV, Arte, RTBF, TSR, TSR, YLE and ETV, and the Danish Film Institute). Selected for IDFA and a number of other festivals and sold for TV in many countries.
The film is also available in English, German and French versions
LINK TO THE DANISH FILM INSTITUTE ABOUT THE MOVIE
ARTICLES ABOUT THE MOVIE:
WEEKENDAVISEN, article: “Shattered Dreams”, Oct. 6, 2005
