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Lost in Translation

2003 · Drama · Sofia Coppola · 1h 42m

An ageing actor shooting a whisky advert in Tokyo and a young woman waiting on her photographer husband keep running into each other in the same hotel. They spend a few days wandering the city, mostly talking.

  • Strongly intimate
  • Strongly character-driven
  • Strongly realistic
  • Clearly slow

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