Hotel Sorrento (1995)
One sister's desire became the family secret.
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 1H 52M
Director : Richard Franklin
Synopsis
Meg, Pippa, and Hillary are sisters who grew up in Sorrento, a small seaside town in Australia. Meg, who has lived in England for 10 years has just written a criticially acclaimed novel which she claims is entirely fictional. The book causes a stir in Sorrento and in her family when it is supected that the book is not as fictional as she claims.
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