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  • 2005
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2005
  • 1 h 48 m
Café Lumière

Summary A residential neighborhood in Tokyo, 2003. Yoko, a freelance writer researching musical legend Jiang Ewn-Ye, befriends Hajime, the owner of a secondhand bookstore. They spend many hours together in the district's coffee shops and train stations. Yoko feels she can tell the quiet, calm Hajime anything. When she is with him, she experience...

Directed By: Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Written By: T'ien-wen Chu, Hsiao-Hsien Hou

  • 2005
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2005
  • 1 h 48 m

Café Lumière

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
80
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.5
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Summary A residential neighborhood in Tokyo, 2003. Yoko, a freelance writer researching musical legend Jiang Ewn-Ye, befriends Hajime, the owner of a secondhand bookstore. They spend many hours together in the district's coffee shops and train stations. Yoko feels she can tell the quiet, calm Hajime anything. When she is with him, she experience...

Directed By: Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Written By: T'ien-wen Chu, Hsiao-Hsien Hou

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
80
89% Positive
8 Reviews
11% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
80
89% Positive
8 Reviews
11% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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100
Hou's best film since "The Puppetmaster" (1993). It's also his most minimalist effort to date, slow to reveal its depths and beauties, and it marks a rejuvenation of his art.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW
100
Hou's sensitivity plus Ozu's inspiration equals sublimity of sight and sound.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
80
Exquisitely understated.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
80
This poetic portrait of simple Japanese life immerses you in the elegance of the ordinary.
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70
The film is an original work by a filmmaker who throughout his career has absorbed the best of what Ozu had to teach, and as such it stands as beautiful tribute from one master to another.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
67
Concerns feelings that can't be expressed, relationships that can't flower, and connections that are impossible to bridge.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
60
Hou fans will find what they're looking for; others will wonder when the action starts.
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.5
67% Positive
4 Ratings
33% Mixed
2 Ratings
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.5
67% Positive
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33% Mixed
2 Ratings
0% Negative
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Production Company Shochiku, Asahi Shimbun, Sumitomo Corporation, Eisei Gekijo, Imagica Corp.
Release Date Jun 10, 2005
Duration 1 h 48 m
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Awards

Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Awards of the Japanese Academy
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Istanbul Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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