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Bagdad Café (1987)

Bagdad Café (1987)

A fun West German movie set in a route 66 motel

7.0

Movie

Germany, West Germany
English, German
Comedy, Drama
1987
PERCY ADLON
Alan S. Craig, Apesanahkwat, CCH Pounder
108 min

What it's about

A German woman named Jasmin stumbles upon a dilapidated motel/diner in the middle of nowhere. Her unusual appearance and demeanor are at first suspicious to Brenda, the exasperated owner who has difficulty making ends meet. But when an unlikely magic sparks between the two women, this lonely desert outpost is transformed into a thriving and popular oasis.

The take

This quirky 1988 adventure drama is newly available on Amazon Prime. It’s the classic that never was, the story of a rundown gas station motel in the Southern US where a lonely West German lady called Jasmin Munchgstettner ends up by accident.

The owner of the operation, a short-tempered woman by the name of Brenda, doesn’t really take to Jasmin. However, the longer the West German guest stays at the motel, the more a friendship forms between the two.

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