Lost in Translation was directed by Sofia Coppola and starred Bill Murray (Bob Harris) and Scarlett Johansson (Charlotte). It was released in 2003.
You know you’ve seen a good film when you want to go have coffee afterward and discuss it. I’ve seen the film a few times now. I do that with good filmmaking. There’s always so much more to glean the second time around.
Bob is a Hollywood actor leveraging his fame doing $2m commercials in Japan but would rather be performing on Broadway. He is still married because he has kids. Charlotte is intelligent, curious and just graduated. But, she’s been married two years to a photographer sure of his direction and not keenly inclined to help Charlotte find hers.
The two – Bob and Charlotte – find each other in the bar of the hotel in which they both stay.
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