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Британдық телефильм, 2005 жылы Дэвид Йейтс түсірген фильм. "Кафедегі қыз" – Дэвид Йейтс режиссерлік еткен, Ричард Кертис жазған және Хилари Беван Джонс продюсерлік еткен британдық теледрама. Фильмді тәуелсіз "Tightrope Pictures" компаниясы түсірді және ол 2005 жылдың 25 маусымында Ұлыбританиядағы "BBC One" телеарнасында тұңғыш рет көрсетілді. Сол күні АҚШ-та "HBO" арнасы да көрсетті. Билл Найи Лоуренс рөлін, ал Келли Макдональд Джина рөлін сомдады. Ниги мен Макдональд 2003 жылы Йейтстің режиссерлік еткен және Беван Джонстың продюсерлік еткен "State of Play" сериалында бірге ойнаған. "Кафедегі қыз" фильмінің кастинг директоры – Фиона Уэйр, ол сол кезде "Гарри Поттер" фильмдерінің кастинг директоры болған, соңғы төртеуін Йейтс түсірген. Фильм 58-ші "Primetime Emmy Awards" сыйлықталуында жеті номинация алды, соның нәтижесінде "Телефильмдердің арасындағы үздік туынды", Кертиске арналған "Мини-сериал, фильм немесе драмалық арнайы туындының үздік жазуы" және Макдональдқа арналған "Мини-сериалдағы немесе фильмдегі үздік қосалқы актриса" жүлделерін жеңіп алды.
the British TV movie
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
Лоуренс (Билл Найи), Қаржы министрінің (Кен Стотт) кеңсесінде жұмыс істейтін мемлекеттік қызметкер, Лондондағы кафеде кездейсоқ танысқан Джинаға (Келли Макдональд) ғашық болады. Лоуренс Джинаны Исландияның Рейкьявик қаласында өтетін G8 саммитіне алып барады, онда ол үшінші әлем елдерінің қарызы мен Африкадағы кедейлік мәселесін көтеріп, Ұлыбританияның премьер-министрімен (Корин Редгрейв) сөйлеседі. Бұл Лоуренсті ұялтады және жұмыс берушілерін ашуландырады. Алайда ол оның дұрыс екенін түсінеді және саммиттегі канцлер мен басқа да адамдарды осы мәселелерді шешуге көндіруге тырысады.
the British TV movie
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
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the British TV movie
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
* Билл Найи – Лоуренс рөлінде
* Келли Макдональд – Джина рөлінде
* Кен Стотт – Қаржы министрі рөлінде
* Корин Редгрейв – Ұлыбританияның премьер-министрі рөлінде
the British TV movie
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
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the British TV movie
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
Фильмнің түсірілімі "BBC-нің Africa Lives" бағдарламалық маусымымен және жаһандық "Make Poverty History" науқанымен байланысты болды, оның авторы Кертис белсенді қатысушы болды. Сондықтан ол Ұлыбритания мен АҚШ-тағы тұңғыш көрсетілімдерімен бір күні Оңтүстік Африкада да көрсетілді. Кертис романтикалық комедия фильмдерінің сценарийшісі ретінде танымал болды. "Кафедегі қыз" фильмінде оның комедиялық элементтері болғанымен, ол көбінесе ауыр мазмұнды және кедейлік пен әділ сауда мәселелерін көрсетуге бағытталған.
the British TV movie
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
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the British TV movie
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
"BBC One" телеарнасында фильм 5,5 миллион көрерменге жетті, бұл 90 минуттық эфир уақытындағы жалпы теледидар көрермендерінің 29% құрады, нәтижесінде уақыт белдесінде жеңіске жетті. Алайда пікірлер екіге бөлінді. Мысалы, Эндрю Энтони "The Observer" газетінде былай деп жазды: "Бірінші қатардағы актерлардың ешқайсысы ауыр тақырыпты жеңіл фильмде немесе жеңіл суреттелген кейіпкерлер бар ауыр фильмде ойнағанына сенімді емес. Тақырыбы ерекше салтанатты, атмосферасы суық, фильм түсірушілер еуропалық кинодағы шынайы курсты бітіріп, оның табысының кілті - бұл әңгіме болды деп шешкен сияқты." Бірақ драма да экономика сияқты наразылықтан азат емес. Сара Вайн, консервативті саясаткердің әйелі, "The Times" газетінде хабардың проблеманы тым қарапайым етіп көрсету арқылы құндылығын жоғалтқанын айтты. Оның пікірінше, фильмнің басты кемшілігі – G8 елдерінің басшылары кедейлікті жай ғана жоя алады деген сенім. "Кафедегі қыздың" кешірілмейтін және мүлдем болдырмауға болатын бір кемшілігі бар еді: тым қарапайым. Күрделі мәселені осындай бір өлшемді түрде көрсету – бұл тек қана патронаж емес, сонымен қатар хабардың құндылығын төмендету. Майкл Мурдың әлемде өз орны бар, бірақ BBC-де емес және салық төлеушілердің есебінен емес. [ ] Күн сайын 30 000 бала кедейліктен өледі деген өте қате пікір. Бірақ сегіз адам бір бөлмеде, қаншалықты бай болса да, қаншалықты жүрек қалауын білдірсе де, сиқырлы таяқпен ғана бәрін жоя алады деген ой да дұрыс емес.
the British TV movie
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
Алайда фильм оң пікірлерге де ие болды, "The New York Times" газетінен Алессандра Стэнли былай деп мәлімдеді: "Фильм уағыздайтын және кихотикалық көрінуі мүмкін, бірақ шын мәнінде атақтылар саусағымен сілтеме жасау жұмыс істейді. Фильм үлкен, күрделі мәселені африкалық құрбандар арқылы емес, батыстың өз сенімдеріне батылдық танытпай, көңіл көтеретін кейіпкерлері арқылы адамгершілікке бөлуге тырысады. Бұл тәсіл фильмнің құрылымына сәйкес келмейді. Бұл маңызды емес. Бұл романс өте қызықты, себебі Мистер Найги өте жақсы." Сондай-ақ, оң пікірлер де көп болды. Сара Кромптон бағдарламаны эфирден бұрын қарап, "The Daily Telegraph" газетіне жазған хатында өте құлшынысты болды: "Мен шексіз кедейлікке қарсы түбегейлі...
the British TV movie
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
2005 television film directed by David Yates
The Girl in the Café is a British made for television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on HBO on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play, which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan Jones. The Girl in the Café'''s casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the Harry Potter films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Curtis, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Macdonald. Overview
Lawrence (Bill Nighy), a civil servant working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ken Stott), falls in love with Gina (Kelly Macdonald), a young woman he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Corin Redgrave) over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. Cast
Bill Nighy as Lawrence
Kelly Macdonald as Gina
Ken Stott as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Corin Redgrave as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Production
The production was conceived to tie in both with the BBC's Africa Lives season of programming, and with the global Make Poverty History campaign, for which writer Curtis was a prominent campaigner. As such, it was also shown in South Africa on the same day as its UK and US premieres. Curtis was better known as a writer of romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually (the latter of which he also directed and had featured Nighy). Although The Girl in the Café does contain some of his trademark comedy elements, it is generally more serious in tone and attempts to highlight the issues of poverty and fair trade. Reception
On BBC One, the programme gained an audience of 5.5 million, a 29% share of the total television audience watching over its 90 minute duration, winning its timeslot. The opinions, however, were divided. Andrew Anthony, for example, wrote a negative review in The Observer:
No one among a first rate cast seemed sure if they were in a lightweight film with a heavyweight theme or a heavyweight film with lightly drawn characters. The tone was strangely solemn and the atmosphere cold, as though the film makers had done a crash course in serious European cinema and decided that the key to its success was stilted conversation There will be those who will argue that the normal critical judgments ought not to apply when the cause is so worthy. But drama is no more exempt from protest than economics. Sarah Vine, herself the wife of a conservative politician, argued in The Times that the message was devalued by an oversimplification of the problem. In her opinion the film's main weakness is the belief that the G8 leaders can simply end poverty. The Girl in the Café had one unforgivable and entirely avoidable flaw: oversimplification. Presenting a complex issue in such a one dimensional way is not only patronizing, it also devalues the message. Michael Moore ism has its place in this world but not on the BBC and not at the taxpayer's expense. [ ] It is deeply wrong that 30,000 children should die each day because of poverty. But it is equally wrong to suggest that eight men in a room, however deep their pockets or willing their hearts, can simply wave a magic wand and make it all go away. However, the film gained positive reviews too with Alessandre Stanley from The New York Times stating:
The film may seem preachy and quixotic but actually celebrity finger pointing seems to work. The film tries to humanize a vast, complex problem, not through the African victims but through pampered Western protagonists who lack the courage of their convictions. That approach is not consistent with the structure of the film. It doesn't matter. The awkward romance is compelling, mostly because Mr. Nighy is so good. There were also more positive reactions. Previewing the programme before transmission, Sarah Crompton was very enthusiastic when writing for The Daily Telegraph'':
Though I am convinced by the need to take radical action against extreme poverty, I recognize that others are doubtful. But what I find so moving about The Girl in the Café is its absolute belief in the power of drama to transform thinking.
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Жыл Сыйлық санаты Номинанттар Нәтиже Ref. 2005 Online Film & Television Association Awards Телевизия үшін жасалған ең жақсы фильм Кинофильм немесе мини-сериалдағы ең жақсы әйел актриса Келли Макдональд Кинофильм немесе мини-сериалдың ең жақсы сценарийі Ричард Кертис Корольдік теледидар қоғамының сыйлығы Дыбыс – Драма Саймон Окин, Стюарт Хилликер, Джейми Макфи және Пэт Бокхолл 2006 AARP ересектерге арналған фильмдер сыйлығы Ең жақсы телефильм Британ академиясы Телевизиялық шеберлік сыйлығы Ең жақсы түпнұсқа теледидар музыкасы Николас Хупер Ең жақсы түсірілім және жарық – Фильм/Ойын-сауық Крис Сигер Алтын глобус сыйлығы Ең жақсы актер – Мини-сериал немесе телефильм Билл Найги Ең жақсы әйел актриса – Мини-сериал немесе телефильм Келли Макдональд Гуманитас сыйлығы 90 минут немесе одан ұзақ желілік немесе синдикацияланған теледидар Ричард Кертис Primetime Emmy Awards Телевизия үшін жасалған ең жақсы фильм Пол Эбботт, Хилари Беван Джонс және Ричард Кертис Мини-сериал немесе фильмдегі ең жақсы қосалқы әйел актриса Келли Макдональд Мини-сериал, фильм немесе драмалық туынды үшін ең жақсы режиссура Дэвид Йейтс Мини-сериал, фильм немесе драмалық туынды үшін ең жақсы сценарий Ричард Кертис Мини-сериал немесе фильм үшін ең жақсы көркемдік безендіру Андреа Коатхуп және Кандида Оттон Мини-сериал, фильм немесе туынды үшін ең жақсы актерлік құрам Фиона Уир Мини-сериал немесе фильм үшін ең жақсы жеке камерамен түсірілім Марк Дэй
Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref. 2005 Online Film & Television Association Awards Best Motion Picture Made for Television Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries Kelly Macdonald Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries Richard Curtis Royal Television Society Awards Sound – Drama Simon Okin, Stuart Hilliker, Jamie McPhee, and Pat Boxhall 2006 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards Best TV Movie British Academy Television Craft Awards Best Original Television Music Nicholas Hooper Best Photography and Lighting – Fiction/Entertainment Chris Seager Golden Globe Awards Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Bill Nighy Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Kelly Macdonald Humanitas Prize 90 Minute or Longer Network or Syndicated Television Richard Curtis Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Made for Television Movie Paul Abbott, Hilary Bevan Jones, and Richard Curtis Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Kelly Macdonald Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special David Yates Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special Richard Curtis Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie Andrea Coathupe and Candida Otton Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special Fiona Weir Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie Mark Day