Café Lumière (Kôhî jikô) (2003)

8	Listal rating
7	IMDB rating

Directed by

Hsiao-hsien Hou

Starring (View all)

Yôko

Hajime Takeuchi

Seiji

Yôko no keiba

Yôko no otôsan

Keiichi Asada

Yukio Endô

Yôko Hoshi

Written by

Hsiao-hsien Hou

(screenplay)

T'ien-wen Chu

(screenplay)

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Release date : 1 September 2004

2000s (3), Japan (3), Taiwan (3), (1), 2003 (1), East Asia (1), Drama (1)

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"My introduction to Hsiao-hsien Hou - this is apparently his homage to Yasujiro Ozu, and while I'm not particularly familiar with either director (yet), it's easy to spot the similarities. A very calming experience, I was feeling some anxiety earlier today (school stress), but Café Lumière managed to blow them right out of the window. This is precisely the type of film that will divide its audience right in the half. Some will find the long takes (with seemingly nothing happening) devoid of mea"