Bagdad Cafe
This enchanting and affectionate fable unveils, in a series of wonderful vignettes, the developing friendship between several oddball characters. Marianne Sagebrecht is a corpulent Bavarian tourist who, stranded somewhere in the Mojave Desert, arrives one day at the near-comatose Bagdad Cafe, a dusty roadside cafe run by an irascible black woman (CCH Pounder). Director Percy Adlon takes his time in showing their differences, as well as their blossoming friendship. A wonderful comedy-drama about misfits in tune with the world which features a show-stealing performance by Jack Palance as an eccentric but charming painter.
Year: 1987
Genre: Art House Cinema, Cult Films / After Dark, Paul's Favourites, Film Festivals 1989, Avant-garde / Experimental, Black Humour, Feminist Tendencies
Country: Germany
Director: Percy Adlon
Starring: Marianne Sagebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance
Duration: 85 Minutes
Rating: M
7.5/10
Location in store: Art House Cinema
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