| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Drama |
This review is composed of three laguages... I'm not a linguist but this movie did made a point about some important things in our planet. So, the more people who can read in their own language, the better =)
Since Ingrid shared the DVD to me, I thought I'd share it with my friends too. So we watched it together one boring Oslo saturday... well, that is after coming home from dancing...
But before that, I'd like to thank Ingrid for sharing her DVD on TOUR. And for being so patient with me... Have fun for the next viewer from Italy. And so my review goes like this...
In English:
What is so impressive about this movie?
First, the message that they wanted to impart...and the plot...
Poverty is everywhere and with the intelligence and guts of the girl, she was able to accomplished what others can't.
Second, the excellent acting of the casts...and how they deliver their dialogues...
I truly love the way they make you long for the next scene... though most of my friends said it's dragging... But then again, it's unique in their own way...which gives you the rush and anticipation for what's going to happen next.
Third, the meaning of the movie for me...
Well! The fact that this movie is travelling all through out the world, I think it's just fair to know more deeply about what's happening around us. Bill Knighy is really something but it's what he carries with him that really rocks.
There are more but these are the things that my friends and I discussed after watching it.
Sa Tagalog:
Malaman ang gustong iabot ng sumulat sa pelikulang ito... Magaling at Makatotohanan din ang mga gumanap na artista... Makabuluhan ang oras mo kapag pinanood mo siya... Medyo mabagal nga lang ang istorya pero kapag susumahin mo ay may mapupulot ka namang aral... Sa pang araw araw na buhay nating mga pinoy, karamihan sa atin ay hindi na naiisip kung paano ang buhay ng mga taong namumuno sa ating bansa at sa ibang bansa... Hindi man tayo kasama sa G8 ay nabibiyayaan naman tayo ng kanilang gawaing pangkabuhayan... Marami silang nabibigay na tulong sa atin...
På Norsk:
Filmen er spennende og skuelspiller er masse veldig bra! Det er omkring en gamle gutten møte som jenta på kafe.
Han er viktig man i UK med Finanse ting. Han invitere hennes på lunsj og snakke noen flere ting. Etterpå, de går ut igen og igen og igen. De liker sammen hverandre da han tenker av trenger hennes i Island på G8 Summit...
På vei er morsomt fordi de har ikke kjener hverandre men det var spennende fordi hun kan fortelle hva tenker henne med verden's problem til officials av G8.
Beste av filmen er jeg så dette GRATIS... Unskyld med grammatik feil... jeg er ny med norsk så, jeg prøvde skriver på norsk.
Hehehe! Enjoy watching it...
sypnosis of the film http://www.hbo.com/films/girlinthecafe/synopsis/
An HBO Films/BBC co-production, The Girl in the Cafè is both a romantic character drama with comedic elements, and a powerful political wake-up call by Richard Curtis, the acclaimed writer of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually. Curtis' first film since Love Actually, The Girl in the Cafè literally addresses one the most important questions of 2005: Will this be the year when world powers seriously address the issue of world poverty once and for all? The film is a passionate plea to humankind - wrapped in a love story, a comedy and a unique drama. It is a call to arms that shamelessly sets out to entertain, inform and challenge audiences to act. Above all, the film seeks to raise awareness about the important political choices facing the G8 leaders at the next Summit, in Scotland in 2005, and for all of our actions to match our principles.
Set and filmed in London and Iceland (where the fictional G8 Summit of the film takes place), The Girl in the Cafè follows the journey of Lawrence, a lonely bureaucrat working for the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, after he meets an enigmatic woman named Gina in a cafè. After a couple of dates, he takes a chance and invites her on a weekend trip to Reykjavik, where he'll be working the G8 conference. His team's hope is to push an agenda the Millennium Goals agreed to at the 2000 G8, which if met will greatly decrease world poverty by 2015. This conference is especially crucial, as little has been pledged so far, but compromise is almost always a given.
As she learns more, Gina (to Lawrence's initial horror) becomes increasingly outspoken at the conference, challenging his boss, representatives of other nations, and even the English Prime Minister to do more to end poverty and save dying mothers and children. For his part, Lawrence begins to wonder who Gina really is, even as their physical connection intensifies. Lawrence's bosses warn him that Gina may cost him his job - the one thing he ever cared about until Gina. While the romance reaches a bittersweet place, Gina's courage ends up changing Lawrence's staid life - and perhaps even influences the politicians who wield the power to save millions of lives.
The two leads of The Girl in the Cafè are Bill Nighy, who turned in a memorable portrayal of the aging rocker in Curtis' Love Actually (he won multiple awards for the role, including BAFTA and LA Film Critics Association honors), and who will appear in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie, and Kelly Macdonald, whose credits include Finding Neverland (as Peter Pan), Gosford Park, Elizabeth and Trainspotting. The Girl in the Cafè was directed by David Yates, who won numerous awards for directing the UK miniseries "State of Play." Yates is slated to direct the next "Harry Potter" movie, as well as the film version of "Brideshead Revisited."
http://www.thegirlinthecafe.com/
