Café Blue Eyes - Sleepless Desires

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Movie
German title Café Blue Eyes - Sleepless Desires
Original title Dream for an Insomniac
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1996
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK without
Rod
Director Tiffanie DeBartolo
script Tiffanie DeBartolo
production John Hackett,
Christopher Lloyd ,
Rita Rokisky
music Michael Andreas ,
Mark Oliver Everett
camera Guillermo Navarro
cut Thomas Fries ,
Phyllis Housen
occupation

Café Blue Eyes (Original title: Dream for an Insomniac ) is an American comedy film from 1996 . The director was Tiffanie DeBartolo , who also wrote the script . Ione Skye played the leading role, with Jennifer Aniston in one of the supporting roles .

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The film is initially a black and white film . Frankie, who lives in San Francisco and suffers from insomnia, dreams of a career as an actress and of a great love. Her friend Allison arranges meetings with professionally successful men with whom Frankie only meets once. During the sleepless nights she reads a lot of books.

Frankie's cousin Rob, the son of the cafe owner Leo, asks Allison to play his girlfriend for a week. Rob is gay but is afraid to admit it to his father.

David Shrader, who is from Michigan and wants to become a writer, is hired as a temporary worker at the cafe . When Frankie sees him, the film turns in color. It turns out that David, like Frankie, knows numerous book quotes. Frankie and David spend a lot of time together, eating sushi and spraying graffiti on house walls. Frankie falls in love. She learns that David has a girlfriend, but she continues to fight for him first. David wants to stay with his girlfriend, a down-to-earth budding lawyer.

Frankie and Allison go to Hollywood in hopes of making a career there. Rob reveals to his father that he is gay; his father says he already knows. When David's friend appears in the café to bring him the forgotten apartment keys, David asks her if she would like to eat sushi after he has finished work. An argument breaks out, David quits his job and runs away.

Frankie tries to call David at the café and learns that he no longer works there. Desperate, she calls every family named Shrader in Michigan and asks if they would know a David. At that moment the doorbell rings David.

Reviews

Mick LaSalle wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle of June 26, 1998 that the film was not bad and would offer some surprises. He praised the portrayals of Ione Skye, Mackenzie Astin and Jennifer Aniston.

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