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L.A. in the early 1930's: racism, poverty, and disease color the Bunker Hill neighborhood where Arturo Bandini, a lover of men and beasts alike, has arrived from Colorado to write the great Los Angeles novel. After six months and down to his last nickel, he orders a cup of coffee, served by Camilla Lopez, beautiful, self-possessed, and Mexican. Arturo gets advice, encouragement, and an occasional check from H.L. Mencken, so he keeps writing and he keeps seeing Camilla. But, he's mean to her for no apparent reason, so the relationship sputters. A housekeeper from back East suggests a way out of his jealously and fears. "Camilla Bandini": is it in the cards?
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Colin Farrell |
Salma Hayek |
Donald Sutherland |
Eileen Atkins |
Idina Menzel |
Justin Kirk |
Jeremy Crutchley |
Ronald France |
Dion Basco |
Donna Mosley |
Paul Rylander |
Natasha Staples |
Wayne Harrison |
Yoshimura Yasuhiro |
Sid |
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Robert Towne |
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In London, Iris Simpkins write a wedding column in a newspaper and has an unrequited love for her colleague Jasper Bloom. Nearby Christmas, she is informed that Jasper is engaged and will marry another colleague, and her life turns head over heels. In Los Angeles, the movie-trailers maker Amanda Woods has just broken with her unfaithful boyfriend Ethan and wants to forget him. Amanda access a house exchange website, and impulsively swaps her mansion for Iris' cottage in Surrey for the holiday along the next two weeks. While in Surrey, Amanda meets Iris' widow brother and book editor Graham and they fall in love for each other. Meanwhile Iris meet her next door neighbor, the ninety year old screenplay writer Arthur, who helps her to retrieve her self-esteem, and the film composer Miles, and they fall in love for each other.
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Drama |
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Cameron Diaz |
Kate Winslet |
Jude Law |
Jack Black |
Eli Wallach |
Edward Burns |
Rufus Sewell |
Miffy Englefield |
Emma Pritchard |
Sarah Parish |
Shannyn Sossamon |
Bill Macy |
Shelley Berman |
Kathryn Hahn |
John Krasinski |
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Nancy Meyers |
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Can love release our true self? A wealthy Cuban coffee exporter, Luis Vargas, advertises for a US wife; Julia Russell, from Delaware, sends her photograph, but the woman who steps off the ship is much lovelier. Luis marries her immediately and gives in to love. But Julia may not be who she claims: first a private eye shows up on behalf of Julia's sister, then the sister herself. By now, Luis has given has wife access to bank accounts, and when she runs with his cash, he pursues her, with the help of Downs, the P.I., perhaps to kill her. Pursuit may be part of a con game as well, and Julia's past explains some, if not all, of what remains of the story. A priest hears her confession.
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Romance |
Thriller |
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| Actors: |
Antonio Banderas |
Angelina Jolie |
Thomas Jane |
Jack Thompson |
Gregory Itzin |
Allison Mackie |
Joan Pringle |
Cordelia Richards |
James Haven |
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. |
Mario Iván Martínez |
Harry Porter |
Fernando Torre Laphame |
Shaula Vega |
Lisa Owen |
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Michael Cristofer |
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