Festival Teaser for ‘The Souffleur’ Hotel Drama Starring Willem Dafoe
by Alex Billington
September 7, 2025
Source: YouTube
“It’s not just a question of cultural heritage – it’s a question of money, of greed, of destroying the cultural fabric of the community.” Magnify has revealed the first look teaser trailer for a film titled The Souffleur, which just premiered at the 2025 Venice Film Festival last week. This festival promo is to help build sales buzz for the film, the latest from Argentinian director Gastón Solnicki, set inside an iconic hotel located in Vienna, Austria. Lucius Glantz is the longtime manager of Vienna’s iconic InterContinental Hotel, whose life spirals into absurd paranoia when he learns the property is being sold to an Argentine developer with plans to demolish it. As Lucius wages a quiet but obsessive vendetta against the new owner, his unraveling begins to infect the world around him—the hotel’s pipes clog, clocks spin out of sync, and his once-perfect soufflés mysteriously refuse to rise. With the help of his daughter and a handful of loyal employees, he clings to the life he’s built. This stars Willem Dafoe, with Lilly Lindner, Stephanie Argerich, Gastón Solnicki, Imona Mirrakhimova, Claus Philipp, Camille Clair. Seems like it might be a good film – take a look.
Here’s the festival teaser trailer for Gastón Solnicki’s film The Souffleur, direct from YouTube:
After thirty years managing an iconic hotel in Vienna, Lucius (Willem Dafoe) learns the building has been sold to an Argentine developer intent on demolishing & 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. Leading to a clash of wills that even affects the hotel’s renowned soufflé recipe. The Souffleur is directed by Argentinian filmmaker Gastón Solnicki, director of the films Süden, Papirosen, Kékszakállú, Introduzione All’oscuro, and A Little Love Package previously. The screenplay is written by Julia Niemann and Gastón Solnicki. It’s produced by Solnicki, Little Magnet Films (Gabriele Kranzelbinder & Paolo Calamita), Eugenio Fernández Abril, KGP Filmproduktion. This just premiered at the 2025 Venice Film Festival playing in the Orizzonti section this month. No US release date is set yet – stay tuned for updates. Anyone interested in watching it?
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