Café Society (2016)

In the 1930s, a Bronx native moves to Hollywood and falls in love with a young woman who is seeing a married man.

Director:

Woody Allen

Writer:

Woody Allen

Stars:

Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell

7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Carell	...	Phil Stern
Sheryl Lee	...	Karen Stern
Todd Weeks	...	Oscar
Paul Schackman	...	Al
Jodi Carlisle	...	Maid
Jeannie Berlin	...	Rose
Ken Stott	...	Marty
Richard Portnow	...	Walt
Jesse Eisenberg	...	Bobby
Sari Lennick	...	Evelyn
Stephen Kunken	...	Leonard
Laurel Griggs	...	Evelyn's Daughter
Corey Stoll	...	Ben
Saul Stein	...	Ben's Hood
Gabriel Millman	...	Ben's Hood

Storyline

In 1930's Hollywood, the powerful agent, Phil Stern, is attending a party and receives a phone call from his sister living in New York. She asks for a job for her son and Phil's nephew, Bobby, who decided to move to Hollywood. Three weeks later Phil schedules a meeting with Bobby and decides to help him. He asks his secretary Veronica "Vonnie" to hang around with Bobby, showing him the touristic places. Bobby immediately falls in love with Vonnie, but she tells that she has a boyfriend, a journalist that travels most of the time. However, Vonnie's boyfriend is indeed a married man that is also in love with her and soon she has to make a choice between her two loves.

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Plot Keywords:

hollywood on hollywood | 1930s | uncle | high class | older man younger woman marriage | 

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Taglines:

Anyone who is anyone will be seen at Café Society.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violence, a drug reference, suggestive material and smoking

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Hebrew

Release Date:

5 August 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Café Society

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$359,289, 17 July 2016

Gross USA:

$11,103,205

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$34,314,223

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gravier Productions, Perdido Productions, FilmNation Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color (ACES)

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bobby is told to stop with the "Uncle" it's "Phil", they don't want to over-emphasize the nepotism. This is a rare example of that word being used exactly, for it comes from Catholic popes (who had no sons) making their nephews into cardinals.

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Goofs

When Ben decides to become a Christian, he says it's because of a passage in the Book of Psalms, which is found in the Old Testament, the Jewish part of the Bible.

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Quotes

Steve: [to Bobby] Unrequited love kills more people in the year than tuberculosis.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Blake Lively/Rachel Maddow/Good Charlotte (2016)

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Soundtracks

Mountain Greenery
Composed by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
Performed by Kat Edmonson & Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks

User Reviews

Very Satisfying

An upbeat young man falls in love with a girl in 1930s Hollywood. 'Cafe society' triumphantly showcases Woody Allen once again at his utter best as he turns the prior statement into a complex study of human emotion filled to the brim with the same depressing realism in conjunction with the light hearted humour that Allen is renowned for. The film combines a perfect balance between cinematography and tone, and the acting brings to life the superb emotive dialogue that is the driving force for the narrative. The 1930s world built by Allen is fantastic as is the chemistry between the two leads Eisenberg and Stewart. Supporting characters are effectively used to develop the story as they contend with real world issues and the existential questions that keep us awake at night. Round of applause once again for Woody Allen who shows once more that he is truly one of the greats of cinema. Bravo.