Watch this when
Lost in Translation
Sometimes the person who sees you most clearly is someone you've known for a week, in a hotel bar, at 3am.
Who it's for
Bob, in midlife and far from a marriage that has gone cold, and Charlotte, a new graduate unsure of her husband and her future, are both sleepless in a Tokyo hotel, a precise picture of feeling unseen while technically not alone.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Bob Harris, a fading American movie star in Tokyo to film whiskey advertisements, and Charlotte, a recent Yale philosophy graduate accompanying her photographer husband John, are both jet-lagged and restless at the same hotel. Each is unhappy and uncertain, Bob about his long marriage and Charlotte about her marriage and her future.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Strip-club scene and infidelity.
Age: Rated R (Common Sense age not verified)
I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.Henry David Thoreau, Walden, “Solitude”
