Shochiku Studio of Japan commissioned several directors to create films reflecting on the themes of Ozu Yasujiro on the centenary of the director's birth. Here we find Inoue Yoko, an apparently single young woman who is pregnant, searching for a small cafe that was often visited by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching. She herself is back from Taiwan and receiving help from a book store clerk, but she first has to contend with the her own reality which includes ... (Full plot summary below)
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Shochiku Studio of Japan commissioned several directors to create films reflecting on the themes of Ozu Yasujiro on the centenary of the director's birth. Here we find Inoue Yoko, an apparently single young woman who is pregnant, searching for a small cafe that was often visited by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching. She herself is back from Taiwan and receiving help from a book store clerk, but she first has to contend with the her own reality which includes her parents.
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| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonLike all Hou films, viewers will want to ponder Cafe Lumiere and its many layers well after this year's Oscars have come and gone. |
| Not Coming to a Theater Near YouLeo GoldsmithThe film looks for small connections and fragments of significance in the comings and goings of everyday life. |
| Slant MagazineNick SchagerA languorous rumination on the relationship between the inescapable past, hesitant present, and daunting future. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonIt's a film objet d'art to contemplate and treasure. |
| culturevulture.netLes WrightFraming the visual haphazardness of urban streets in exquisite, dense, Shiko-like scroll paintings, Hou demonstrates how even in a megalopolis life is lived on a human scale, one day, one person at a time. |
| Window to the MoviesJeffrey ChenRather than go the trivial route of aping Ozu's style and storytelling, [Hou] uses the techniques he's honed to create his own take on the state of Japan's ever increasing modernity. |
| Village VoiceJ. HobermanAlthough pegged as an author of contemplative mood pieces, Hou's originality as a filmmaker has much to do with both his handling of historical material and his daringly counterintuitive narrative structures. |
| VarietyJay WeissbergHou fans will find what they're looking for; others will wonder when the action starts. |
| New York TimesA.O. ScottA fascinating curiosity, a chance to witness one major filmmaker paying tribute to another in the form of a rigorously minor film. |
| User ReviewKelleY BIncreible pelicula, cuesta encontrarle el ritmo pero es genial. |
