A whimsical concoction as pretty as a wedding cake, a multi-tiered tale, within a tale, within a tale, the GRAND and very PINK Hotel Budapest is presided over by one Gustave H., (Ralph Fiennes), the hotel's ultra-refined concierge, and involves a wide -
eyed lobby boy named «Zero,» Tilda Swinton as a wealthy octogenarian who's «dynamite in the sack,» a family squabble over inheritance, a priceless and definitely kitschy piece of Renaissance art, a greedy evil son (Adrien Brody), a knucklebound henchman with a frightening underbite (Willem Dafoe), a lanky lawyer (Jeff Goldblum) and his soon to be airborn Persian cat, monks on skis, cliff - hanging climaxes, and plotting pastry chefs!
As they sit in its cavernous dining room, the owner tells a long story about his youth as a
lobby boy in the 1930s, training under the fastidious
eye of concierge Gustave (Ralph Fiennes).