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A Five Star Life(2013)
Status: Released
Date: 2013-04-24
57%
134 Votes
Time: 1h 25m
This is your journey. The path is up to you.
Overview:
Single and middle-aged, beautiful Irene is wholly devoted to her job as an inspector of luxury hotels. Constantly on the road, she indulges in expensive pleasures at impeccable resorts, but always incognito and alone, soon escaping to the next exotic destination with her checklist and laptop in tow. When her best friend and ex, Andrea, who has always been a source of emotional support, suddenly becomes unavailable, Irene is thrown into a deep existential crisis. "Luxury is a form of deceit," she is told by a fellow traveller in the fog of a steam room, and thus begins Irene's quest to bring more meaning into her life.
Languages: English, French, Italian.
Countries:
Italy
ProductionCompanies: 
Bianca Film
Movie: A Five Star Life
Top 10 Billed Cast
Margherita Buy
Irene
Stefano Accorsi
Andrea
Fabrizia Sacchi
Silvia
Gianmarco Tognazzi
Tommaso
Alessia Barela
Fabiana
Lesley Manville
Kate Sherman
Fausto Maria Sciarappa
Fabrizio
Henry O. Arnold
Direttore
Bruno Wolkowitch
Ospite dell'hotel
Jacopo Maria Bicocchi
Giovane marito
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Overview
Single and middle-aged, beautiful Irene is wholly devoted to her job as an inspector of luxury hotels. Constantly on the road, she indulges in expensive pleasures at impeccable resorts, but always incognito and alone, soon escaping to the next exotic destination with her checklist and laptop in tow. When her best friend and ex, Andrea, who has always been a source of emotional support, suddenly becomes unavailable, Irene is thrown into a deep existential crisis. "Luxury is a form of deceit," she is told by a fellow traveller in the fog of a steam room, and thus begins Irene's quest to bring more meaning into her life.
Release Date
2013-04-24
Average
5.7
Rating:
2.9 startsTagline
This is your journey. The path is up to you.
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