L.A. Without a Map Page #2

Synopsis: An "aspiring Hollywood actress" (Vinessa Shaw), on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker (David Tennant), who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a Japanese restaurant, she tells everyone about the handsome "writer" she met on her trip. Unfortunately, he decides to follow her back to Hollywood, setting up the expected light romantic comedy with asides as the newcomer gains experience about the goings on in Hollywood.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Mika Kaurismäki
Production: Dan Films
 
IMDB:
6.2
UNRATED
Year:
1998
107 min
109 Views


Bijou-Oh, so you're English, right?

-Scottish, actually.

Oh yeah, feels accent.

-Hi, Mr. Hellman, how are you?

Jean, what a pleasure ...

-Enjoy your meal.

-We should come here more often ...

-So you're the environment?

-Excuse me, what environment?

Cinema.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

Oh, if you're not in the cinema,

citt? in, you're nobody to them.

Who are they?

-Bonjour, madame.

-Voil?!

-Thanks.

-And now ... "The menu."

Very nice.

I suggest that our unique

Magret de Canard sauce Caramel

Lit et sur des Pommes Julienne

Petits de la Maison de Legumes.

B-good.

Or, if you prefer, today the fruits

seafood are very fresh.

You will be served from our beautiful

Julie, her take you order.

-Thanks.

-Then I say bienvenue

-And I wish you bon appetit.

-Well, thank you very much.

Okay.

M. ...

Mimi, you're always

more attractive.

Well, last weekend I saw

Spielberg on the beach in Malibu,

near my house.

L? was with all the offspring.

I mean, but how many

this man has children?

At a guess about ninety.

Well, when you are

get up to go

have left a

pit in the sand.

And I, I went and I l? ...

seated in the hole and I thought ...

What was going through my head, Steven?

What was going on in that head

extraordinary?

Hello, I'm Julie. I'll take

Our special dish?

Um ... no thanks, I think

precisely that prender?

the "Sandwich Manufacturer", thanks.

-Soup or salad?

-Salt soup?

-Yes, thank you.

-No soup or salad?

Well, no thanks, not today ...

Listen, you want a soup,

o. .. you want the salad?

Ah, now I understand, sorry,

sorry I got hm,

yes, thank you. Um ...

yes, I ... take

soup, salad ...

A-soup.

Well-cos?.

-Okay, thanks.

-Uh, listen, Julie,

? a little embarrassing, but, uh ...

I was wondering if you could help me, if

can you tell me if Barbara ... ? on duty today?

-Do you know Barbara?

-Yes, I am a friend of his English.

Oh, my God, you are him, Richard ...

-Excuse me?

-You are the famous English writer.

No, I do not think.

No, no, no, I

saw the photos ... See,

? This is not her ... these

tables are not his ...

but when it ends can

e. .. come here you meet.

Thank-you very much.

-Okay ...

Barbara. And 'here.

-God, ? cos? cute.

Julie-Who, who?

The writer, what

English, your friend.

-Here, take this.

Oh, oh my God

... I'll take that.

God com'? cute.

I will, you go.

It looked different from when

we were in Bradford.

Slightly more cold.

But maybe it was just the uniform.

I still could not believe

that a woman attractive cos?

could come right to me,

needing to cross that space

to talk with me.

There you are.

Do not believe my eyes,

?, ?, ? ... surprising.

You left a clue.

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Mika Kaurismäki

Mika Juhani Kaurismäki (Finnish: [ˈmikɑ ˈkɑurismæki]; born 21 September 1955) is a Finnish film director. more…

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