Café Lumière
珈琲時光
2004 · 1h 43m · Drama · Japan, Taiwan · Rated U (GB)
In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She is pregnant by a man she does not want to marry and has found a kindred spirit in a used bookstore owner who aids her research.
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Hou Hsiao-hsien6.4Smart score
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cafejapantrainurban life
RatingU (GB)
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