Café Lumière
– Making her way through life by forming superficial relationships, Yoko (Japanese pop idol Yo Hitoto)..
Making her way through life by forming superficial relationships, Yoko (Japanese pop idol Yo Hitoto) keeps everyone at arm's length, whether it's her father (Nanji Kobayashi) and stepmother (Kimiko Yo) or Hajime (Tadanobu Asano), the owner of a small bookstore who could be the father of her unborn child. Yoko seems most at home when she's riding the train, speeding around the city with only her thoughts to entertain her.
11 Sep 2004
Japanese, English
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Hsiao-Hsien Hou (screenplay), T'ien-wen Chu (screenplay)
Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo
The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search for a cafe that's frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching.
3 wins & 3 nominations.
Diaphana Films