THE SOUFFLEUR by Gastón Solnicki
THE SOUFFLEUR
a film by Gastón Solnicki
After thirty years managing an iconic hotel in Vienna, Lucius learns the building has been sold to an Argentine developer intent on demolishing and reimagining it. With the help of his daughter and a handful of loyal employees, he clings to the life he’s built. What follows is a crusade of detours, espionage, and a paranoid struggle to preserve a vanishing world — and the only home he’s ever known.
THE SOUFFLEUR
Written and directed by Gastón Solnicki
A/ARG 2025, 78 min
PRODUCED BY
Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Paolo Calamita, Eugenio Fernández Abril, Gastón Solnicki
WRITTEN BY
Julia Niemann, Gastón Solnicki
CAST
Willem Dafoe, Lilly Lindner, Stéphanie Argerich, Claus Philipp, Gastón Solnicki
CAMERA
Rui Poças AIP
EDITORS
Ana Godoy SAE, Alan Martín Segal
SOUND
Matthias Kassmannhuber, Veronika Hlawatsch, Manuel de Andrés
Gastón Solnicki
about the director
Gastón Solnicki was born in Buenos Aires in 1978. He studied at the International Center of Photography and at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he received his BFA in Film.
SÜDEN (2008), his debut feature, had its world premiere at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, where it received a Special Mention by the Official Jury and was awarded Best Film by the Argentine Film Press Commission. It was later awarded with a Condor de Plata for Artistic Innovation.
PAPIROSEN (2011), his second feature film, world premiered in the «filmmmakers of the present» competition at Festival del Film Locarno, and then continued a successful international festival run including the Viennale, Rotterdam, Vancouver, Jeonju, and continues to screen around the world in venerable institutions such as the Centre Pompidou and the Skirball Cultural Center in LA. It was awarded Best Film in the Argentine competition at BAFICI2012, and won the Lia Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival 2012. It also received a special mention at the Edinburgh Int’l FF 2012.
KÉKSZAKÁLLÚ (2016), his first fiction work, had its World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival – Orizzonti 2016, where it was awarded the FIPRESCI international critic’s award and the Bisato D’oro from independent critics; and following through with festivals such as Toronto, New York Film Festival and Viennale, among others.
INTRODUZIONE ALL’OSCURO (2018) premiered in the official selection at the Venice Film Festival 2018 (fuori concorso). The US premiere was held at NYFF – many other festival screenings followed.
A LITTLE LOVE PACKAGE (2022), starring Angeliki Papoulia and Carmen Chaplin premiered at Berlinale 2022, many festival screenings followed.

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Gastón Solnicki
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