Review of Bagdad Cafe (1987) by Ami I — 23 Oct 2010
Bagdad Café (also known as Out of Rosenheim) is a 1987 German film directed by Percy Adlon.
The film is a comedy set in a remote truck-stop café and motel in the Mojave Desert. The film begins when German tourist Jasmin (Sägebrecht) has a fight with her husband whilst they are driving across the desert. She storms out of the car and happens upon the truck stop run by the tough-as-nails and short tempered Brenda (Pounder), whose own husband, after an argument out front, is soon to leave her too.
The cafe is visited by an assortment of colorful characters, including strange ex-Hollywood set-painter (Palance), glamorous tattoo artist (Kaufmann), topped off with a melodious backdrop in the form of J. S. Bach preludes recited on piano by Brenda's son (Darron Flagg). With an ability to quietly empathize with everyone she meets at the cafe, helped by a passion for cleaning and performing magic tricks, Jasmin gradually transforms the café and all the people in it.
This review of Bagdad Cafe (1987) was written by Ami I on 23 Oct 2010.
Bagdad Cafe has generally received positive reviews.
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