Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell
Storyline
Set in the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. After returning to New York he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life.
Cast: Steve Carell -
Phil Stern
Sheryl Lee -
Karen Stern
Todd Weeks -
Oscar
Paul Schackman -
Al
Jodi Carlisle -
Maid
Richard Portnow -
Walt
Jeannie Berlin -
Rose Dorfman
Ken Stott -
Marty Dorfman
Jesse Eisenberg -
Bobby
Sari Lennick -
Evelyn
Stephen Kunken -
Leonard
Laurel Griggs -
Evelyn's Daughter
Corey Stoll -
Ben Dorfman
Saul Stein -
Danny (Ben's Hood)
Gabriel Millman -
Ben's Hood
Taglines:
Anyone who is anyone will be seen at Café Society.
Woody Allen's latest, which opened yesterday in Paris and at the Cannes
Festival, is a gentle and thoughtful examination of love. Jesse
Eisenberg, best known for his portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in The
Social Network, plays Bobby, a young New Yorker who heads out to
Hollywood in search of an exciting future. He falls for Vonnie (Kristin
Stewart of Twilight fame), the secretary of his Uncle Phil (Steve
Carell), a successful producer, and is soon confronted with the fact
that she has a mysterious lover. The resulting confusion is worthy of
Allen's mentor, Anton Chekhov. In an interview in the French magazine
l'Obs, Allen remembers his own experience in Hollywood, talking to a
producer who cut him off to take a call from Fred Astaire. We soon meet
all of the rest of Bobby's family, including a gangster brother and a
sister who is married to an intellectual, who offers such wisdom as the
quotation, "Live every day like it's your last and some day you'll be
right." With brilliant cinematography by Vittorio Storaro and great
performances from Eisenberg, Carell and Stewart, the film is one of
Allen's most enjoyable in years. The poster features a stylized profile
of a woman with a teardrop - love always includes an element of
sadness, even as it brings laughter and self-realization. A French
review of the Cannes opening compares Allen to Ernst Lubitsch, master
of urbane comedies of manners in the 1930's.
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