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Hotel Coolgardie

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Every three months, the local men in Coolgardie, Australia, await the arrival of two foreign female backpackers who come to work in the town's bar.
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Brad Newsome Sydney Morning Herald 04/28/2022
Director Pete Gleeson is unflinching in the way he captures and displays unthinking male awfulness, as well as the men’s pain and loneliness. Mercifully, there are also some moments of fun before an inevitably sad ending. Go to Full Review
David Stratton The Australian 06/26/2017
4/5
The interactions between Lina and Steph and the locals of Coolgardie make for a surprisingly riveting drama that could almost have been scripted. Go to Full Review
Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald 06/15/2017
3/5
It's a fascinating, appalling, revealing film about the murkier end of Australian masculinity. Go to Full Review
Savina Petkova A Good Movie To Watch 10/30/2023
8.3/10
The documentary's removed style captures the subtle aggressions that make women's' lives a living hell in all countries in the world. Go to Full Review
Keeva Stratton Rescu (Australia) 09/15/2017
3/5
It's disturbing, yet compelling viewing. Go to Full Review
Jim Schembri 3AW 06/27/2017
3/5
An eye-opening, unsettling look at a part of the national character we thought had died off decades ago. Go to Full Review
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Chalcea M 10/20/2023 Riveting, hard to watch, and even harder to forget. A superb documentary that just might effect real change. Well done!! See more Ziggy D @ZiggyD 10/15/2023 A film celebrating professional alcoholics doing annoying drunk things! Zero class in this joint. The bar owner is an monster a__hole – berating the new hires instead of calmly teaching what they need to know. Decent characters are scarce except for the two female bartenders who put up with a lot for nearly zero money. With the owner and town knowing a film was being made here, one would think a few decent representatives would step up and show a better side of Coolgardie. It doesn't happen. 99% of the characters are train wrecks; piss-filled cars, sketchy stalkers, ex-con-vibes, clueless how to treat women, decades old cirrhosis liver how-do-you-still-have-a-liscense unsteadily walking time bombs. See more Justin T 10/10/2023 Sad but insightful. What's most surprising is that the men allow themselves to be filmed while acting like complete monsters, taking full advantage of these girls who must stay at this job because they have no money, they are literally trapped and there is zero empathy for them from a single resident of the foul town of Coolgardie. See more David F 02/06/2023 Incredible documentary. Extremely interesting slice of life from a very different culture. The filmmakers were really good at staying out of the way of the film, and portraying the gritty culture of the location. I didn't expect such realistic, brutally honest interactions, and I wish more docs were like this one! See more 01/02/2021 A must see .... for Australians, particularly those gruff, tuff, laconic types who seem to populate the pubs of outback Aus. Will they recognise themselves? Those pithy, jocular jibes and jokes so often employed by them "ironically" against strangers and newcomers are revealed for what they are - nasty, demeaning and damagingly cruel put-downs of people whom they fear might turn out to have more going for them than is evidently available in their own ignorant and desperate lives. Sad, as many have already said, but lightened and enlightened by the likes of Canman, bless him and rest his soul. See more 11/18/2020 An Expose of the Ugly Australian. I felt ashamed and sick to watch these cretins with their brain damaged from alcohol and drugs submit these girls to sexual harassment , their eyes bulging, their mouths drooling and the alcohol fueled psychosis revealing itself. No wonder these "men " live in a town like Coolgardie . Their sorry arsed lives seem to centre around the pub and their frustrated dicks tired and sore from wanking need a place to park . That is the way these horrible horrible people come across and if there was an argument for mass euthanasia this is it. Indeed the gas ovens would be too kind to them . A nuclear bomb dropped fair and square on this lot would benefit society greatly. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Every three months, the local men in Coolgardie, Australia, await the arrival of two foreign female backpackers who come to work in the town's bar.
Director
Pete Gleeson
Producer
Melissa Hayward, Kate Neylon
Production Co
Raw and Cooked Media
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Australian English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 16, 2017
Runtime
1h 23m
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