Введение
Британский телефильм
Телевизионный фильм 2005 года, снятый Дэвидом Йейтсом
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.
«Девушка в кафе» – британская телевизионная драма, снятая Дэвидом Йейтсом по сценарию Ричарда Кертиса и спродюсированная Хилари Беван Джонс. Фильм был создан независимой продюсерской компанией Tightrope Pictures и впервые показан 25 июня 2005 года на канале BBC One в Великобритании. В тот же день его также транслировал канал HBO в США. Билл Найи исполнил роль Лоуренса, а Келли Макдональд – Джинны. Найи и Макдональд ранее вместе снимались в сериале BBC 2003 года «State of Play», режиссером и продюсером которого также были Йейтс и Беван Джонс соответственно. Директором по кастингу фильма «Девушка в кафе» является Фиона Уэйр, которая в то время также занимала должность директора по кастингу фильмов о Гарри Поттере, последние четыре из которых снял Йейтс. Фильм получил семь номинаций на 58-ю премию «Эмми», где выиграл в категориях «Выдающийся телевизионный фильм», «Выдающийся сценарий для мини-сериала, фильма или драматического специального выпуска» (для Кертиса) и «Выдающаяся актриса второго плана в мини-сериале или фильме» (для Макдональд).
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), государственный служащий, работающий в казначействе (Кен Стотт), влюбляется в Джинну (Келли Макдональд), молодую женщину, с которой случайно знакомится в лондонском кафе. Лоуренс берет Джинну на саммит G8 в Рейкьявик, Исландия, где она публично обращается к премьер-министру Великобритании (Корин Редгрейв) с вопросом о долгах стран третьего мира и бедности в Африке, что вызывает смущение у Лоуренса и недовольство его начальства. Однако он понимает, что она права, и пытается убедить канцлера и других участников саммита принять меры для решения этих проблем.
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.
В ролях:
Билл Найи – Лоуренс
Келли Макдональд – Джинна
Кен Стотт – Канцлер казначейства
Корин Редгрейв – Премьер-министр Великобритании
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.
Производство
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.
Работа над фильмом была задумана как часть сезона программ BBC «Africa Lives» и глобальной кампании «Make Poverty History», активным сторонником которой был сценарист Ричард Кертис. Поэтому фильм был показан и в Южной Африке в тот же день, что и премьеры в Великобритании и США. Кертис был более известен как автор романтических комедий, таких как «Четыре свадьбы и одни похороны», «Ноттинг Хилл» и «Реальная любовь» (последний из которых он также режиссировал и в котором снялся Найи). Хотя в «Девушке в кафе» присутствуют некоторые элементы его фирменного юмора, в целом фильм более серьезен по тону и призван привлечь внимание к проблемам бедности и справедливой торговли.
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.
Реакция
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.
На канале BBC One программу посмотрели 5,5 миллиона зрителей, что составило 29% от общей телевизионной аудитории в течение 90 минут, и она заняла лидирующую позицию в своем временном слоте. Однако мнения разделились. Например, Эндрю Энтони написал негативный отзыв в The Observer:
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.
Никто из блестящего актерского состава, казалось, не был уверен, снимается ли он в легком фильме с серьезной темой или в серьезном фильме с легко созданными персонажами. Тон был странно торжественным, а атмосфера холодной, словно создатели фильма прошли ускоренный курс европейского кино и решили, что ключ к успеху – сдержанные диалоги. Найдутся те, кто будет утверждать, что обычные критические оценки не должны применяться, когда дело настолько важно. Но драма не более свободна от протеста, чем экономика.
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.
Сара Вайн, жена консервативного политика, в The Times утверждала, что посыл фильма был обесценен чрезмерным упрощением проблемы. По ее мнению, главная слабость фильма – вера в то, что лидеры G8 могут просто положить конец бедности. В «Девушке в кафе» есть один непростительный и вполне предотвратимый недостаток: упрощение. Представление сложной проблемы в такой одномерной форме не только снисходительно, но и обесценивает посыл. Майкл Муризм имеет свое место в этом мире, но не на BBC и не за счет налогоплательщиков. [ ] Глубоко неправильно, что 30 000 детей умирают каждый день из-за бедности. Но также неправильно предполагать, что восемь человек в комнате, какими бы большими ни были их карманы или намерения, могут просто взмахнуть волшебной палочкой и заставить все исчезнуть.
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.
Однако фильм получил и положительные отзывы. Алессандра Стэнли из The New York Times отметила:
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.
Фильм может показаться назидательным и утопическим, но, на самом деле, кажется, что обличение со стороны знаменитостей работает. Фильм пытается очеловечить огромную, сложную проблему, не через африканских жертв, а через избалованных западных героев, которым не хватает смелости отстаивать свои убеждения. Этот подход не соответствует структуре фильма. Это не имеет значения. Неловкий роман увлекателен, в основном потому, что мистер Найи так хорош.
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.
Были и другие положительные отзывы. Сара Кромптон, предваряя показ программы в The Daily Telegraph, была очень восторженна:
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.
Хотя я убеждена в необходимости принятия радикальных мер против крайней бедности, я признаю, что другие сомневаются. Но то, что меня так трогает в «Девушке в кафе», – это абсолютная вера в силу драмы изменить мышление.
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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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