Fast Food, Fast Women (2000)
Directed by Amos Kollek
Genres - Comedy, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Romantic Comedy, Urban Comedy |
Release Date - May 18, 2001 (USA - Limited) |
Run Time - 92 min. |
Countries - France, Italy, United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Jonathan Crow
Amos Kollek directs this quiet, understated comedy about lonely hearts and empty pockets in New York. Pushing 40, Bella (Anna Thomson) works as a waitress at small downtown diner in Manhattan. Her elderly regulars include Paul (Robert Modica), a lovelorn retiree who scours the personal ads and his ill-tempered buddies Seymour (Victor Argo) and Graham (Mark Margolis), who are more than a little disparaging toward Paul's attempts at finding love. Involved in a 12-year relationship with married Broadway theater director George (Austin Pendleton), Bella craves marriage and children. On a blind date set up by her mother, Bella meets Bruno, a divorced cabbie and fledgling novelist with two young children. Meanwhile, Paul meets ready-and-willing widow Emily (Louise Lasser), while Seymour shacks up with Wanda (Valerie Geffner), a stripper with a master's degree. This film was shown in competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
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cab-driver, diner, director, stripper, waiter