Hotel Coolgardie (2016) Synopsis

Out on the highway between Australia's most isolated city and it's largest gold pit lies Coolgardie, where the arrival every three months of a new pair of foreign female backpackers to work the only bar in town is keenly anticipated by the town's hot-blooded males. Fresh off the plane and attracted by the idea of an authentic outback experience, Finnish travel buddies Lina and Steph find themselves en route to a dot on the Western Australia map - to pour beers, replenish depleted travel funds and live amongst the locals. But their working holiday quickly deteriorates into a test of endurance. Harangued by their new boss, relentlessly pursued and pilloried by booze-addled patrons, and prey to the madness and malaise of an environment as claustrophobic as it is isolated - the girls soon realise that to meet expectations out here they'll need to do more than simply serve drinks. Pete Gleeson's raucous, unflinching debut is a shocking, amusing and unexpectedly moving portrait of small-town insularity, fragile masculinity, and the plight of the outsider who must adapt or face the consequences.—Raw And Cooked Media

Out on the highway between Australia's most isolated city and it's largest gold pit lies Coolgardie, where the arrival every three months of a new pair of foreign female backpackers to work the only bar in town is keenly anticipated by the town's hot-blooded males. Fresh off the plane and attracted by the idea of an authentic outback experience, Finnish travel buddies Lina and Steph find themselves en route to a dot on the Western Australia map - to pour beers, replenish depleted travel funds and live amongst the locals. But their working holiday quickly deteriorates into a test of endurance. Harangued by their new boss, relentlessly pursued and pilloried by booze-addled patrons, and prey to the madness and malaise of an environment as claustrophobic as it is isolated - the girls soon realise that to meet expectations out here they'll need to do more than simply serve drinks. Pete Gleeson's raucous, unflinching debut is a shocking, amusing and unexpectedly moving portrait of small-town insularity, fragile masculinity, and the plight of the outsider who must adapt or face the consequences.—Raw And Cooked Media

Published Time: 2021-11-14 21:17:53