
Out of Rosenheim (Bagdad Café) is a look into the lives (and minds) of some people we all have encountered, but few of us ever get to know. This film (a 'fish out odd water'-type tale) shows how one person can affect a disparate community. The Adlons express the view that change and "magic" comes from hard work and mutual understanding/acceptance. A well-crafted view of the lives of people everywhere and the difficulties we all can face. A whimsical story, lovingly shot by p... (Full plot summary below)
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Out of Rosenheim (Bagdad Café) is a look into the lives (and minds) of some people we all have encountered, but few of us ever get to know. This film (a 'fish out odd water'-type tale) shows how one person can affect a disparate community. The Adlons express the view that change and "magic" comes from hard work and mutual understanding/acceptance. A well-crafted view of the lives of people everywhere and the difficulties we all can face. A whimsical story, lovingly shot by people who - unfamiliar with what others too often ignore give this arid area - the bleak, and arrid South West, an almost fairytale-like beauty.
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| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn exotic celebration of the beauty of human personality and friendship. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumUnfortunately, the film's curious conceits remain implausible even on a fantasy level, and most of the satirical possibilities are either sidestepped or fumbled. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyPercy Adlon's first English-speaking film is a charming fable about the friendhsip between two vastly different women. |
| Backseat MafiaRob AldamBagdad Café is an uplifting and distinctly humane culture-clash comedy which will thaw the coldest heart. |
| France24Lisa NesselsonThe theme song really is inescapable...strange things happen in a charmingly-plotless way. |
| User ReviewMarc LOne of my favorite bleak to bountiful movies. |
| User ReviewHelen WOne of my all time favourites! It's magic ;-) |
| User ReviewRosanne BThe story is so unexpected and so moving. The characters are wonderfully developed and complex human beings. I love this film! |
| User ReviewSteve BThis is one of the first films that touched me deeply. Uplifting human story with magic! |
| User ReviewJulie MBit slow, but brilliant characters and quite cheeky |