Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel was released in 2014.
The film follows lobby boy Zero Moustafa and concierge Monsieur Gustave H. through a succession of adventures involving a valuable painting, a disputed inheritance, and political upheaval in the fictional European country of Zubrowka. Ralph Fiennes plays Gustave, while Tony Revolori plays the young Zero.
The release date places the film midway through Anderson’s feature-film career, after Moonrise Kingdom and before Isle of Dogs. Its elaborate production design, miniature work, and compressed 1.37:1 framing became especially associated with Anderson’s visual style.
The Grand Budapest Hotel received nine Academy Award nominations and won four, including awards for production design, costume design, makeup and hairstyling, and original score. Its period setting spans several decades, but the film itself premiered in 2014.