Drama

Café Lumière

In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She is pregnant by a man she does not want to marry and has found a kindred spirit in a used bookstore owner who aids her research.

Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

User score

61 votes

Status

Released

September 1, 2004

Runtime

1h 43m

Language

English, Japanese