Bagdad Café (1987)

Original title

Out of Rosenheim

Directed by

Percy Adlon

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

12

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 439 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two women who have recently left their husbands meet at a rundown truck stop motel in the California desert. They form an unlikely friendship that changes the atmosphere of the place.

gentlewarmquirkyslow-pacedhopefuloffbeatintimateunderstated

What happens

Bagdad Cafe (sometimes Bagdad Café, titled Out of Rosenheim in Germany) is a 1987 English-language West German film directed by Percy Adlon. It is a comedy-drama set in a remote truck stop and motel in the Mojave Desert in the U.S. state of California. Inspired by Carson McCullers' novella The Ballad of the Sad Café (1951), the film centers on two women who have recently separated from their husbands, and the blossoming friendship that ensues. It runs 108 minutes in the German version and a shorter 95 minutes in the U.S. version. The song "Calling You", sung by Jevetta Steele and written by Bob Telson, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 61st Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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