Plot & Details
Amos Kollek directs this quiet, understated comedy about lonely hearts and empty pockets in New York. Pushing 40, Bella (Anna Thomson) works as a waitress at small downtown diner in Manhattan. Her elderly regulars include Paul (Robert Modica), a lovelorn retiree who scours the personal ads and his ill-tempered buddies Seymour (Victor Argo) and Graham (Mark Margolis), who are more than a little disparaging toward Paul's attempts at finding love. Involved in a 12-year relationship with married Broadway theater director George (Austin Pendleton), Bella craves marriage and children. On a blind date set up by her mother, Bella meets Bruno, a divorced cabbie and fledgling novelist with two young children. Meanwhile, Paul meets ready-and-willing widow Emily (Louise Lasser), while Seymour shacks up with Wanda (Valerie Geffner), a stripper with a master's degree. This film was shown in competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
- MPAA Rating: R
- Genre(s): Comedy,Drama,Foreign
- Run Time: 95min.
- Theatrical Release Date: 05/18/2001
- DVD Release Date: 11/19/2002
- Distributor(s): Lot 47
- Director(s): Amos Kollek
- Starring: Anna Levine , Jamie Harris , Louise Lasser , Robert Modica , Lonette McKee
- Themes: Looking For Love
- Tone: Easygoing,Understated,Wistful,Wry
- Keywords: cab-driver,diner,director,stripper,waiter/waitress
- Country of Origin: USA - Limited (05-18-2001)
- Language: English
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