Writer-director Kitty Green is collaborating again with “The Assistant” lead star Julia Garner for the upcoming social thriller “The Royal Hotel,” which will now be distributed by Neon in the U.S.“The Royal Hotel” follows Hanna (Garner) and her best friend Liv (Jessica Henwick) as they backpack throughout Australia.
However, after running out of money, Liv convinces Hanna to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called The Royal Hotel in a remote Outback mining town.
The bar owner Billy (Hugo Weaving) and a group of local patrons introduce the women to Down Under drinking culture, but things take a different turn once their behavior begins to cross a line.Per the official synopsis, “Liv and Hanna find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.”Neon landed the North American rights to the film, with HanWay and Cross City Films handling international sales.
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