(Percy Adlon/1987/Germany & USA)
A German lady breaks up with her
oafish husband in the midst of dustbowl America and lands in with a variety of
characters living in and around the Bagdad Cafe, a roadside pit stop for
truckers and travellers. And therein we witness the slow build of camaraderie
and a shared spirit, particularly between the two wonderful leads, Marianne Sägebrecht and C.C.H. Pounder.
Bagdad Cafe is of its time, when films could be quirky for quirk’s sake and I
actually felt a stab of nostalgia watching it. A film like it, produced today,
would probably get shredded. It survives the test of time though, as no matter
how put on the eccentricities of character, at its core is straight as a die
friendship and shared human experience. It is heart-warming, funny and
unapologetic and Jack Palance turns in a magnificent performance also.
(3/5)
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