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Bagdad Cafe

1987 · 108 min

A gentle, offbeat charmer that slowly warms like a desert sunrise, full of quirky souls and quiet transformation.

Directed by
Percy Adlon
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance
Tagline
Off Route 66 between Vegas and nowhere a little magic's going on...
Overview
A German woman named Jasmin stumbles upon a dilapidated motel/diner in the middle of nowhere. Her unusual appearance and demeanor are at first suspicious to Brenda, the exasperated owner who has difficulty making ends meet. But when an unlikely magic sparks between the two women, this lonely desert outpost is transformed into a thriving and popular oasis.

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Directed by
Percy Adlon
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • identity
  • isolation
  • found family
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Percy Adlon
Written by
Percy Adlon, Christopher Doherty, Eleonore Adlon
Starring
Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, Darron Flagg, George Aguilar, G. Smokey Campbell
Cinematography
Bernd Heinl
Runtime
108 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German, English

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