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Great American Film Made by GERMANY
Marianne Sagebrecht made a brilliant movie debut in the German film "Zuckerbaby (Sugarbaby)" (please release this soon on DVD). Bagdad Café is her American film debut. The creative team is also from "Sugarbaby", Percy and Eleonore Adlon). <
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>Jasmine (Sagebrecht) and her husband are on a cross country trip. They are at a rest stop in the Mohave desert when they have a fight. Jasmine takes the suitcase from the trunk and walks off. Jasmine hitches a ride and which stops at the Bagdad Café and Motel. <
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>Brenda (CCH Pounder), the hotel owner/manager, doesn't know what to make out of Jasmine. But Jasmine has the money, so Brenda rents her one of the rooms. Everyone gets along with Jamine's easy going nature, except Brenda. Eventually, even Brenda succumbs to Jasmine's charm. <
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>This is a film about tolerance. Everyone in this film has intolerance and finds that the person beneath is more important. <
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>Sagebrecht gives another brilliant performance. Her character grows during the course of the film. <
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>CCH Pounder is the one of those great actresses that never gets the attention that she deserves. She gives Brenda many layers. Brenda's life has been far from easy and therefore, she is suspicious of everyone. Therefore, it takes a great actress to convincingly change from suspicious to accepting of Jasmine. <
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>This is the best of independent film making. <
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Excellent
Others have covered this movie at length here, but I want to add that it is a wonderful film, joyful, funny, a little sad at times. Most important, it has heart. Never disappointing.

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funny, wonderful and delightfully offbeat
If you like films filled with humor, eccentric characters and cross-cultural connections in unexpected places, this is a film for you. Jasmin (Marianne Sagebrecht) is a Bavarian tourist, who, upon growing tired of her husband, promptly abandons him, unfortunately taking his suitcase of clothes, with her, instead of her own. She arrives in the Mojave Desert, only to encounter the Bagdad Cafe, run by Brenda (C.C.H Pounder), who has also recently separated from her husband---or, rather, she has kicked him to the curb. This chance encounter, between two women who have lost their husbands and the identities they possessed up until that point, is life changing for both. Though, the beginning of their relationship is rather rocky, their feathers smooth as trust is mutually earned and kept. <
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>Bagdad Cafe presents us with a cross-section of quirky, eccentric characters, whose world is put in a slight tilt, upon the arrival of the Bavarian lady. This is something they all need, and is made more evident as the film progresses. If you are looking to be moved in an unexpected way, I really reccomend this film. It is a little treasure......