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The Royal Hotel

Release date

06 October 2023

Synopsis

Americans Hanna and Liv are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, 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. Bar owner Billy and a host of locals give the girls a riotous introduction to Down Under drinking culture but soon Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

Official Selection TIFF 2023

Cast

Julia Garner & Jessica Henwick

Director

Kitty Green

Writing

Kitty Green & Oscar Redding