Lost in Translation
2003 · TMDB 7.4
Directed by Sofia Coppola
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Why it matters
Two lonely Americans meet in a Tokyo hotel, adrift in a city that is both dazzling and isolating. The hotel bar, the neon streets, the jet lag: all are liminal states of being.
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Released
- 2003-09-18
- Studio
- American Zoetrope
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- Japanese
- TMDB score
- 7.4
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Position 5 of 8
Two lonely Americans meet in a Tokyo hotel, adrift in a city that is both dazzling and isolating. The hotel bar, the neon streets, the jet lag: all are liminal states of being.
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Position 8 of 10
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