Cafe Lumiere
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Kimiko Yo, Masato Hagiwara, Nenji Kobayashi, Tadanobu Asano, Yo Hitoto Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou Brand: Wellspring Media INC Cinematographer: Ping Bin Lee Writer: Hsiao-hsien Hou Editor: Ching-Song Liao Producer: Ching-Song Liao Producer: Fumiko Osaka Producer: Hideji Miyajima Producer: Ichirô Yamamoto Writer: T'ien-wen Chu DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 103 minutes DVD Release Date: 2005-12-27 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Fox Lorber Product features:
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Movie Reviews of Cafe Lumiere
Movie Review: "Café Lumiere" is a peculiar movie, the kind that some love, but others hate...
Summary: 3 Stars
"Cafe Lumiere" is the homage that Hou Hsiao-hsien, a Taiwanese director, paid to Yasujiro Ozu, a Japanese director renowned for the way in which he managed to depict the dynamics of family life and the inner life of his characters.
Did he succeed? I think so, due to the fact that he manages to put the spectator in the place of Yoko, a young woman that is pregnant but doesn't feel like marrying her boyfriend, a grown man that remains too attached to his mother. As we watch "Cafe Lumiere", we want to know what she thinks, and how she is going to react to the new development in her life. The spectator is also interested in her friend, a bookstore owner that seems romantically interested in Yoko, and that has an unlikely but strangely poetic hobby.
Are you likely to enjoy this movie? I really don't know, because "Café Lumiere" is a peculiar movie, the kind that some love, but others hate. I can tell you that it is a beautifully made film that pays extraordinary attention to little details, but that has an extremely open ending. Can you like that kind of film? According to your answer, you will know what to do...
- Belen Alcat, June 2007 -
PS: I liked "Café Lumiere" well enough to give it at least 3 stars out of 5.