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After an earthquake in Santiago, Chile leaves a washed-up rockstar without a home, he moves into the family mausoleum and becomes the object of undying devotion of a lonely cemetery caretaker. Astrid de las Nieves is convinced that she and hapless Jhonny Pretty share a destiny and she takes him on a twisted walk down the cemetery path. The thin line between the living and the dead is blurred in this eventful tale, where nothing is as it seems �" rockstar come ghostly indigent; pickpocket come tourism executive; shop owner come purveyor of the saints, con artist come plastic surgeon; meddling ghost come guardian angel. Everything goes wrong �" but maybe it's right �" as heaven and earth settle into an unexpected juxtaposition. Hard Bed Hotel is a bizarre love story full of humor, accident and well-meaning souls. It exposes the everyday oddities and superstitions of Santiago's less affluent neighborhoods and, in particular, the General Cemetery, which is a perfect breeding ground for unconventional circumstances and magic realism.
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