Cactus Hotel

• Duration: 50 minutes
• Director: Yann Sochaczewski
• Country: Germany
• Year: 2023
• Rating: (N/A)

In the wastelands of the American Southwest, one's attention is drawn by a desert skyline of giants. In this “City of Spines”, the mighty Saguaro cactus serves as a precious luxury casino hotel for the many residents of the desert. With daily “check-ins” and “check-outs”, gambles, fights, sex and death, the busy residents and part-time occupants of the desert all bring with them amazing survival skills, hunting thrills and housing ideas. They are an unusual band of neighbors. Some fly, some crawl, some hop and a few even dance under the moonlight. And they all have one thing in common: they will cross paths at the fabulous “Cactus Casino” in the American Southwest. But what’s the gamble? Will they only be gambling for food? Or will they be gambling their lives? Let’s explore this marvelous world that is all connected by the mighty Saguaro cactus, North America’s most unique plant.