G8 on cloud nine

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Movie
German title G8 on cloud 7
Original title The Girl in the Café
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2005
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK no information
Rod
Director David Yates
script Richard Curtis
production Hilary Bevan Jones
music Nicholas Hooper
camera Chris Seager
cut Mark Day
occupation

G8 on cloud nine (Original title: The Girl in the Café ) is a British television film directed by David Yates from 2005 with Bill Nighy and Kelly Macdonald in the lead roles.

action

Lawrence works as an advisor to the UK Treasury Secretary. The lonely, aged and shy man meets young Gina in a café, with whom he falls in love at the second meeting. When Lawrence and Gina go to the G8 summit in Reykjavík , where steps are to be taken to curb global poverty, he not only finds himself in one precarious situation after another, but also professionally, as Gina confronts the assembled politicians with critical questions and distracts him more and more from his work.

background

  • the German premiere was on July 14, 2006 on ARTE
  • Iceland , in whose capital Reykjavík, the politicians in the film gather, does not belong to the group of eight . That is why this organization has never met there.
  • In 2007 a new German film was released under the title Breakfast with a Stranger . The plot was transferred to the real G8 summit in Heiligendamm (2007); The people portrayed remained fictitious, as did the politicians and heads of government.

Reviews

"Convincingly played, amusing romantic (television) comedy with a serious background."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

  • 2006 Emmy
    • Best TV movie
    • Best script for a miniseries, TV movie, or special to Richard Curtis
    • Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for TV for Kelly Macdonald
    • and four other nominations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in the Lexicon of International Films