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201812 minPGdocumentary

Grand Hotel

201812 minPGdocumentary

Locarno's Gran Hotel, a once-majestic building now closed, holds the memories and stories of its past residents within its walls.

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Giulio Pettenó

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Locarno's Gran Hotel, a once-majestic building now closed, holds the memories and stories of its past residents within its walls.

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Giulio Pettenódirector

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A visual journey inside the majestic building of Locarno's Gran Hotel, long-closed. The ghosts of those who resided in it during the past decades still live inside.

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