Hotel Coppelia takes you back in time to a brothel set in the Dominican Republic, 1965, right before the government coup and civil war. The film opens by revealing the harsh realities of everyday brothel life at Hotel Coppelia owned and operated by Judith and a set of prostitutes. There is discontentment and dissatisfaction with how Judith is running things inside the brothel and there are hints and whispers of the civil unrest that’s building outside. Then all-out war begins. The brothel becomes the center of events as the rebel group commandeers Judith’s building for their military headquarters. Then later as the war progressed, the American military takes over the location. Judith and the remaining prostitutes make deals and provide services in exchange for their lives and the hope of a possible future in that building, but they might have gotten a better deal with the devil.
This film offers an interesting point of view about a civil
war I hadn’t known about previously. But this is sad, sad, sad.
Three stars ***
I watched this on HBOMax
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