Café (Video 2011)

When tragedy strikes the community surrounding a cafe in West Philadelphia, the cafe's regulars come to realize how intertwined their lives truly are.

Director:

Marc Erlbaum

Writer:

Marc Erlbaum

Stars:

Jennifer Love Hewitt, Daniel Eric Gold, Michaela McManus

Cast

Credited cast:
Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Claire
Daniel Eric Gold	...	Todd
Michaela McManus	...	Movie Woman
Madeline Carroll	...	Elly
Alexa Vega	...	Sally
Jamie Kennedy	...	Dealer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maria Armesto	...	Deaf / Mute Woman
Khan Baykal	...	Colin
Gavin Bellour	...	Dave
Brandon Milan Beston	...	Dancer
Cecelia Ann Birt	...	Earth Mother
Chris Bowyer	...	Dancer
Tara Broadway	...	Random Patron #2
Derek Cecil	...	Movie Man
Jessica Czop	...	Student #2

Storyline

A good-hearted musician struggles to find a way to tell his beautiful barista coworker that he loves her, despite the fact that she is in a relationship. Meanwhile, regulars and customers at the café where they work have their own problems and encounters. A police officer keeps his eye on his wayward cousin, who owes money to a charismatic dealer, and a married man contemplates his relationship with a good-looking new acquaintance. However, one customer believes he is in fact the main character in a computer simulation of modern life, set in the microcosm of the café, all designed by a young girl.

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Plot Keywords:

barista | omniscience | virtual world | free will | one word title

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Taglines:

What if the world you lived in weren't real?

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 October 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Butterfly Café

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nationlight Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 103 min (Showtime)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film takes place almost exclusively inside a real working West Philadelphia café.

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Goofs

While Elly is sitting at a table talking to Avatar, the lighted logo on Avatar's MacBook computer goes dim, however, his screen is still lit. On this computer the back light for the screen is what lights the Apple logo. The lighted logo goes on and off during the conversation even though his screen is never turned off when we see it.

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Quotes

Avatar: [video chatting] How old are you?
Elly: Um, I'm not really... there's no time here, so there's, so I can't really answer that.
Avatar: Okay, where is here?
Elly: In my room.
Avatar: Which is where? What State are you in?
Elly: I'm in the state of endless possibility and limitless dimension.

User Reviews

Sweet Movie

If your willing to slow down the pace and go with this movie, your in for a sweet, thought provoking movie. If your an action movie goer, you may have a hard time staying engaged. Not a fault of the movie of course. The movie is based on the idea that everything in our so called reality is really an illusion. The thought provoking idea of what is real? Who created us and who pulls the strings? I once owned a café' called philosophers stone café' in which the same thought engaging ideas were tossed around with a cup of Joe everyday. Customers always said to me my café scene would make a great movie. Cafe' is close to that. Enjoy.