Trailer
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Lost in Translation

Runtime
1hr 42mins
Directed by
Sofia Coppola
Featuring
Bill Murray,
Scarlett Johansson,
Giovanni Ribisi
Body

Sometimes you have to go halfway around the world to come full circle.

Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) are two Americans in Tokyo. Bob is a movie star in town to shoot a whiskey commercial, while Charlotte is a young woman tagging along with her workaholic photographer husband (Giovanni Ribisi).

Unable to sleep, Bob and Charlotte cross paths one night in the luxury hotel bar. This chance meeting soon becomes a surprising friendship. Charlotte and Bob venture through Tokyo, having often hilarious encounters with its citizens, and ultimately discover a new belief in life's possibilities.

Shot entirely on location in Japan, Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation is a valentine to the nature of close friendships and to the city of Tokyo. Coppola's film, from her original screenplay, contemplates the unexpected connections we make that might not last - yet stay with us forever.

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