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Charlotte, fresh out of Yale with a degree in philosophy, is in Tokyo with her husband, a photographer whose work takes him away that week. She's adrift, her soul on ice. Bob, mid-50s, a semi-retired movie star, is there to make $2 million doing a Scotch ad. At home are a wife and young children, but he's jaded and melancholy. Both are jet-lagged, and Tokyo's culture and language push them further off kilter. When they meet in the hotel bar and spend their free time together for a few days, possibilities arise amidst the losses. Their friendship becomes an experience: does he have something to teach; can she reconnect him to life? Special Features: Found In Conversation - An intimate and exclusive look into the Making of the Film Interviewed in Rome - The Cast exchange thoughts about filming on-location in Japan Deleted Scenes Lost On Location - A Behind The Scenes Documentary which Features Exclusive Footage by the Filmmakers on DV camera Mathew's Best Hit TV - An Extended Version of the hilarious Japanese TV show Music Video - ''City Girl" by Kevin Shields.
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Lost in Translation (2003)
102 min
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.