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http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2005/06/21/girl_in_the_cafe_has_heart_and_mission/
By Frazier Moore, AP Television Writer | June 21, 2005
NEW YORK --No doubt about it: "The Girl in the Cafe" is the best romantic comedy set at a G-8 summit you're ever likely to see. But it's more than that. Besides packing a weighty message -- significant reduction in global poverty and infant mortality is now within the grasp of world leaders -- this lovely film can hold its own against any love story as it depicts a mismatched couple struggling to connect.
The winsome, enigmatic girl, Gina, is played by Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald, and makes an ideally unexpected soul mate for Lawrence, the lonely, middle-aged British bureaucrat played to perfection by Bill Nighy ("Love Actually" and the Peabody Award-winning BBC miniseries "State of Play").
Exploring matters of the heart, "The Girl in the Cafe" (which premieres 8 p.m. EDT Saturday on HBO) has a timeless flavor engagingly at odds with the urgency of its mission. It is pegged to an event it dramatizes in its own heroic terms that will take place for real on July 6 -- the leaders of the world's richest and most powerful countries convene in Scotland for the Group of Eight summit.
At that gathering, President Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the heads of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia will vote on whether to allocate sufficient money to help impoverished African countries.
"This film is an attempt to lobby the eight men who will sit in one room and could literally save hundreds of millions of lives," says Nighy.
During a recent interview in Manhattan, Nighy has plenty to say on the subject. Then modesty overtakes his passion. "I'm no expert on foreign affairs or international poverty programs," he concedes. "I'm just an actor who got lucky and got a gig with a great man."
He's talking about Richard Curtis, whose credits include the screenplays for "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Notting Hill" as well as writing and directing "Love Actually." Spurred by the poverty-relief cause to which he was already channeling much of his time, Curtis wrote "The Girl in the Cafe" expressly to set the stage for this year's G-8 Summit.
Curtis is in league with the likes of Bob Geldof, who's galvanized the Live 8 concerts scheduled in cities around the world on July 2 -- the same day a mass procession is scheduled to encircle the Scottish city of Edinburgh.
Also on July 2, CNN will air a one-hour special on global poverty including clips from "The Girl in the Cafe," as well as an interview with Blair, who has been given a copy of the film and is expected to discuss it.
An inspiring exercise in agitprop the film may be, but Nighy hopes it's also seen as "a perfectly respectable piece of comedy entertainment...."
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I paste and post this for several reasons and uppermost is that it is just a delightful film, worth seeing and quite entertaining.
It also reminds me of many of my European acquaintances and the attitude and views they express on many things.
Also to point out, support and defend my position that the ‘Left Wing, Liberal Agenda’ finds its way onto both the large and small screen with amazing regularity.
I have not seen the term, ‘agitprop’ used before but I can guess the meaning, I was somewhat surprised that the actor and those who produced the film admitted that it is openly intended to influence political affairs.
Amicus….
By Frazier Moore, AP Television Writer | June 21, 2005
NEW YORK --No doubt about it: "The Girl in the Cafe" is the best romantic comedy set at a G-8 summit you're ever likely to see. But it's more than that. Besides packing a weighty message -- significant reduction in global poverty and infant mortality is now within the grasp of world leaders -- this lovely film can hold its own against any love story as it depicts a mismatched couple struggling to connect.
The winsome, enigmatic girl, Gina, is played by Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald, and makes an ideally unexpected soul mate for Lawrence, the lonely, middle-aged British bureaucrat played to perfection by Bill Nighy ("Love Actually" and the Peabody Award-winning BBC miniseries "State of Play").
Exploring matters of the heart, "The Girl in the Cafe" (which premieres 8 p.m. EDT Saturday on HBO) has a timeless flavor engagingly at odds with the urgency of its mission. It is pegged to an event it dramatizes in its own heroic terms that will take place for real on July 6 -- the leaders of the world's richest and most powerful countries convene in Scotland for the Group of Eight summit.
At that gathering, President Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the heads of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia will vote on whether to allocate sufficient money to help impoverished African countries.
"This film is an attempt to lobby the eight men who will sit in one room and could literally save hundreds of millions of lives," says Nighy.
During a recent interview in Manhattan, Nighy has plenty to say on the subject. Then modesty overtakes his passion. "I'm no expert on foreign affairs or international poverty programs," he concedes. "I'm just an actor who got lucky and got a gig with a great man."
He's talking about Richard Curtis, whose credits include the screenplays for "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Notting Hill" as well as writing and directing "Love Actually." Spurred by the poverty-relief cause to which he was already channeling much of his time, Curtis wrote "The Girl in the Cafe" expressly to set the stage for this year's G-8 Summit.
Curtis is in league with the likes of Bob Geldof, who's galvanized the Live 8 concerts scheduled in cities around the world on July 2 -- the same day a mass procession is scheduled to encircle the Scottish city of Edinburgh.
Also on July 2, CNN will air a one-hour special on global poverty including clips from "The Girl in the Cafe," as well as an interview with Blair, who has been given a copy of the film and is expected to discuss it.
An inspiring exercise in agitprop the film may be, but Nighy hopes it's also seen as "a perfectly respectable piece of comedy entertainment...."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I paste and post this for several reasons and uppermost is that it is just a delightful film, worth seeing and quite entertaining.
It also reminds me of many of my European acquaintances and the attitude and views they express on many things.
Also to point out, support and defend my position that the ‘Left Wing, Liberal Agenda’ finds its way onto both the large and small screen with amazing regularity.
I have not seen the term, ‘agitprop’ used before but I can guess the meaning, I was somewhat surprised that the actor and those who produced the film admitted that it is openly intended to influence political affairs.
Amicus….
