Café Society (film)
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| Directed by | Woody Allen |
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| Written by | Woody Allen |
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| Narrated by | Woody Allen |
| Cinematography | Vittorio Storaro |
| Edited by | Alisa Lepselter |
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96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $43.7 million |
Café Society is a 2016 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Jeannie Berlin, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll and Ken Stott. The plot follows a young man who moves to 1930s Los Angeles to work for his uncle who is a talent agent where he falls in love with his uncle's assistant.
The film had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 11, 2016 and was theatrically released in the United States on July 15, 2016, by Amazon Studios and Lionsgate. It received generally positive reviews and grossed $43 million.
Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) is the youngest son of a Jewish family in New York City in the 1930s; his elder sister Evelyn is a married school teacher, while his elder brother Ben is a gangster. Discontented with working for his father, a jeweler, Bobby decides to move to Hollywood, where he takes a job running menial errands for his uncle Phil (Steve Carell), a powerhouse talent agent.
Phil introduces Bobby to his secretary Veronica, nicknamed Vonnie (Kristen Stewart), who is tasked with helping Bobby settle into Hollywood. Bobby is drawn to her unpretentiousness as opposed to most young women living in Hollywood, and falls deeply in love with her. She rebuffs his advances, telling him she has a journalist boyfriend named Doug. In reality, "Doug" is Phil, with whom Vonnie is carrying on an illicit romance; he promises to divorce his wife and marry her.
On their first-year "paper anniversary", Vonnie gives Phil a letter written and signed by Rudolph Valentino as a gift. However, Phil proceeds to tell her that he is incapable of divorcing his wife, so he ends the affair. Vonnie subsequently falls in love with Bobby, and they begin dating.
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