the girl in the cafe
there's this movie i keep watching on HBO. it's called Girl in the Cafe. it stars Bill Nighy and Kelly Macdonald. it's this really sweet, sad, and awkward movie about a civil servant who meets this...you guessed it...girl in a cafe. he's real shy and yielding. there are scenes in the beginning where he is walking, reading a report, and, as he's moving forward, looking down, he's side-stepping people to get out of their way. his speech mirrors his stride. he stammers and contradicts himself in the middle of his own sentence. it's hard to watch someone who lacks so much confidence, but is so lonely.
anyway, she quiet and shy, but not in the same way. she's not as awkward and seems to understand him. eventually, after a few dates, he invites her to go with him to the G-8 conference. she says yes and you see the blossoming of their uneasy, yet sweet relationship. throughout the rest of the movie she, at really inopportune moments, asks about the proceedings and if they, the world leaders she's mingling with, are doing enough. this, obviously, doesn't set well with them and eventually she's asked to leave. so the man has to, essentially, choose between this woman he's just met, but has the chance for something great with, or his job, which up until this point has been the only thing in his life.
it's a really poignant movie about love, moral responsibility, and courage. i really liked it. normally, i don't watch relatively depressing movies a lot...life has that shit covered in technicolor, but this movie is different somehow. it's a sad and somber movie, but it's also really funny and hopeful. i know it sounds corny, but it's worth seeing.
the thing i like most about the movie is the soundtrack. it has just a few songs, but one of them is Damien Rices' "Cold Water." i love that song. it is so simple and quiet. the voices are so meloncholic and beautiful. it's heartbreaking. everytime i hear that song i just want to cry. the chorus is "Lord, can you hear me now?/ or am I lost." the song, and, actually, a lot of his music puts me in the space that is very contemplative and quiet. i really like it. unbelievable as it may seem, i really enjoy being silent and cogitative.
come to think of it, this movie is very much in the same vein of Dreaming of Joseph Lees.
anyway, she quiet and shy, but not in the same way. she's not as awkward and seems to understand him. eventually, after a few dates, he invites her to go with him to the G-8 conference. she says yes and you see the blossoming of their uneasy, yet sweet relationship. throughout the rest of the movie she, at really inopportune moments, asks about the proceedings and if they, the world leaders she's mingling with, are doing enough. this, obviously, doesn't set well with them and eventually she's asked to leave. so the man has to, essentially, choose between this woman he's just met, but has the chance for something great with, or his job, which up until this point has been the only thing in his life.
it's a really poignant movie about love, moral responsibility, and courage. i really liked it. normally, i don't watch relatively depressing movies a lot...life has that shit covered in technicolor, but this movie is different somehow. it's a sad and somber movie, but it's also really funny and hopeful. i know it sounds corny, but it's worth seeing.
the thing i like most about the movie is the soundtrack. it has just a few songs, but one of them is Damien Rices' "Cold Water." i love that song. it is so simple and quiet. the voices are so meloncholic and beautiful. it's heartbreaking. everytime i hear that song i just want to cry. the chorus is "Lord, can you hear me now?/ or am I lost." the song, and, actually, a lot of his music puts me in the space that is very contemplative and quiet. i really like it. unbelievable as it may seem, i really enjoy being silent and cogitative.
come to think of it, this movie is very much in the same vein of Dreaming of Joseph Lees.
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