Chinese Coffee (2000), directed by Al Pacino
Tagline: "There's a fine line between friendship and betrayal."
Once a friend raised the question in which serious films (on topics other than the Godfather and other police films) starred Al Pacino. There are, of course, such - from the views I remembered "The Merchant of Venice", "The
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Chinese Coffee (2000), directed by Al Pacino Tagline: "There's a fine line between friendship and betrayal." Once a friend raised the question in which serious films (on topics other than the Godfather and other police films) starred Al Pacino. There are, of course, such - from the views I remembered "The Merchant of Venice", "The Devil's Advocate", "The Scent of a Woman", "Second Chance". Apparently, Al Pacino himself also has some shortage of such roles, especially since he began as a theater actor and continues to be one. And he made a few of those movies for himself, one of which was Chinese Coffee, which I loved to see. This is essentially a play by two actors - Al Pacino and Jerry Orbak, the rest of the characters are only an illustration of the dialogue between the two characters. Unlucky writer Harry, once again fired from the insignificant position of the maitre d d d d d'etat of a French restaurant, comes to his friend and the same loser Jake. An hour and a half of dialogue continues, during which we learn about their problems, the obvious reasons for their failures and their relationships. Both play perfectly, it is very interesting to observe the dialogue, people they are such people, create problems for themselves with their own hands and actions in life, aggravating them with their character, not being able to find a solution to their problems. Maybe they did the wrong thing or made a mistake with their self-esteem. Look!
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