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The Girl in the Caf� (The Girl in the Cafe) (2005)

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Produced for HBO, the Capraesque romantic comedy The Girl in the Caf� stars Bill Nighy as Lawrence, a mild and unprepossessing British civil servant assigned to his country's delegation at the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, Iceland. Although he'd resigned himself to a life of lonely bachelorhood, Lawrence finds himself drawn to Gina (Kelly MacDonald), a odd, outspoken young woman whom he has met in a caf�. On a whim, the shy Lawrence invites the decidedly un-shy Gina to accompany him to Reykjavik. The

Unrated, 1 hr. 34 min.

Drama, Television, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: David Yates

On DVD: Sep 6, 2005

Cast

Bill Nighy
Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald
Gina
Corin Redgrave
Prime Minister
Meneka Das
Sunita
Anton Lesser
George
Penny Downie
Ruth
Paul Ritter
Robert
Wolf Kahler
Herr Gerhardt
Louisa Bojesen
CNBC Newscaster
Philippe De Grossouvre
French Senior Advisor
Martin McDougall
American Senior Advisor
Christian Pedersen
German Senior Advisor
Toshie Ogura
Japanese Delegate
Madeleine Potter
American Finance Minist...
Peter Rnic
Russian Finance Ministe...
Ken Stott
Chancellor of the Exche...
Alyshia Westlake
Canadian Delegate
Marit Kile
Waitress
Fran Purcell
Secretary
Simon Wilson
Journalist
Damon Younger
Hotel Receptionist
Federico Zanni
Italian Waiter
Richard Curtis

Critic Reviews for The Girl in the Caf� (The Girl in the Cafe)

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Understated and moving.

December 20, 2005 Full Review Source: Variety

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Brian Lowry

Variety

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A dupla principal � impec�vel, o roteiro de Curtis � inteligente e recheado de bons di�logos, mas a mensagem pol�tica, apesar de bem intencionada, � ing�nua e soa artificial.

September 27, 2005 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

Nighy, Macdonald, and Curtis have never been better than in their work here.

September 3, 2005 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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David Cornelius

eFilmCritic.com

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Cute.

December 30, 2010

Wildaly M.

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The age-crossing romance is quite perfect - less awkward than the one in Lost in Translation because there is no ambiguity as to the romance part.What really grinds my gears though is the unconvincing portrayal of the so-called humanitarian message. It smacks of being written by people who don't really know what goes

June 8, 2010