“Checkout”

“CHECKOUT” 2011 Feature film

Written and Directed by: Lorena Gonzalez di Tutto, Julian Jakobsson, Yair Peri
Produced by: afilm International Film Workshops (Sitges, Barcelona) old.afilm.es
87 mintues/ Color/ Digital/ 1.78:1/ English language with Spanish subtitles
Starring: Amy Blaise, Simon Brading, Timothy  Gibbs

Synopsis:
In a Mediterranean town, in which suicide tourism is the main income, an old family-owned suicide hotel is on the verge of bankruptcy.  Laura Angeli, the owner, hasn’t seen a guest in months and the place is about to close.  When Connor, a new and peculiar guest arrives just a few days before her deadline, she has to do anything in her power to get him dead, fast.  But as he postpones his final “check out”, while becoming friends with her chef and nephew Robert, encouraging him to leave, Laura must become… creative…

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