# Bagdad Cafe (1987)

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**Original title**: *Out of Rosenheim*
**Runtime**: 108 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama
**Directed by**: Percy Adlon
**Written by**: Percy Adlon, Eleonore Adlon, Christopher Doherty
**Starring**: Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, Darron Flagg

> *Off Route 66 between Vegas and nowhere a little magic's going on...*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Jasmin, a German drifter, walks into the wrong dusty pit stop and refuses to leave. The motel’s owner, Brenda, wants her gone but can’t muster the energy. Within days, their mutual crankiness curdles into something approaching friendship.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, cozy, outsider, tender

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