The Grand Budapest Hotel: A coming of age tale disguised in a visual masterpiece.
In the very beginning of The Grand Budapest Hotel , there are three flashbacks which lead up to the main storyline. The first scene takes place in a cemetery during present day where the viewer sees a statue of an author who, it soon becomes evident, is the author of a book title “The Grand Budapest Hotel”. The first flashback then transports the viewer to 1985 where this same author is now alive and discussing the story which is about to take place. The second flashback goes to 1968 where a younger version of this author is now in The Grand Budapest Hotel and meets the owner of the hotel: Zero. Up until this point, the story is being narrated by the author, who remains unnamed, but now Zero takes over and begins to tell the story of The Grand Budapest Hotel. This is when the third and final flashback takes place to 1932. The viewer is now introduced to M. Gustave and a young Zero. Zero becomes Gustave’s pupil and Gustave begins to teach him the ins and outs of hotel management. ...