The Royal Hotel is a 2023 drama thriller directed by Kitty Green (The Assistant, Servant), from a screenplay she co-wrote with Oscar Redding. The film is based on the 2016 documentary Hotel Coolgardie.
Americans Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) 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 Roval 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.
Starring Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Toby Wallace, Hugo Weaving, Ursula Yovich, Daniel Henshall, James Frecheville, Herbert Nordrum
The Royal Hotel is set to debut in select theaters October 6th, courtesy of Neon. Watch the official trailer below.