Wes Anderson's Hotel Chavalier only two characters (five if you count the hotel staff, but they play next to no part in the video). We don't get a name for the two main characters, so we just associate them as "Man" and "Woman." Man is staying at a hotel in Paris. Woman calls him and invites herself over. Man is clearly disturbed by this.
Upon arriving, Woman and Man have some dialogue, and even without context, the viewer can quickly gather that these two had some romantic history together, but Man ran away from Woman. There is no specific reason ever given, but there is a reason. Eventually the two have some physical romance, and Man shows Woman his view of Paris, which pans over to the last shot of the short film.
Throughout the entire video, Man has a song playing through his iPod docked into a radio. I am the farthest thing there is from a man familiar with music, so I wouldn't be able to tell you the name of the song, who wrote and performed it, or its meaning. BUT, I know the song speaks more to the plot and theme than the two characters do. The music would not be present or as prominent in this short film if it didn't benefit it in some way.
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