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MOVIE REVIEW FOR ...
The Girl in the Café

Starring: Bill Nighy, Kelly Macdonald;  Released: 2005

This review of The Girl in the Café written by Mark Jeantheau, Grinning Planet.

DVD cover for The Girl in the Cafe This is a lovely little movie that thrusts an unlikely romance between a shy, high-level bureaucrat and a seemingly simple young woman onto the stage of global politics-as-usual. The film warrants an eco-sticker because of its clearheaded portrayal of one of the seamy sides of the globalization juggernaut—the G-8 summit. The grit of the film slides in unexpectedly but naturally and impressively, making The Girl in the Cafe well worth a second look.

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Liner notes for The Girl in the Café:
Taglines:
(1) She changed his world... Can she change ours?
(2) Love can't change what's wrong in the world. But it's a start.  
Categories: Drama / Romance / Globalization / Global Trade.  
Written by Richard Curtis, Directed by David Yates.  
Runtime: 94 min.

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