Café Society (2016) on Netflix
PG-1320161h 36mComedyDramaRomance
Bobby Dorfman leaves 1930s New York for Hollywood, where his uncle Phil, a talent agent, gives him errands to run. He falls for Phil's secretary, Vonnie.
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- Netflix4.0/5
- IMDb6.6/1085,272 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes71%
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Plot summary
In 1930s New York City, Bobby Dorfman is the youngest son of a Jewish family. His sister Evelyn is a married school teacher and his brother Ben is a gangster. Bobby is unhappy working for his father, a jeweler, so he moves to Hollywood and takes work running errands for his uncle Phil, a talent agent. Phil asks his secretary Veronica, known as Vonnie, to help Bobby settle into Hollywood. Bobby is drawn to her unpretentiousness and falls in love with her.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Café Society (2016)
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- Café Society began with an $18 million budget but went over, reaching $30 million by the end of production, which made it one of the most expensive films of Woody Allen's career.
- Bruce Willis exited the Woody Allen film because of scheduling conflicts with Misery, the Broadway stage adaptation of Stephen King's novel, and Steve Carell was cast four days later to replace him.
- On what was his 47th film, Woody Allen moved to digital for the first time, shooting with a Sony CineAlta F65 camera.
- Café Society opened in five theaters with a $71,858 per-theater average, the biggest of 2016 so far, until Don't Think Twice broke it the following week with $92,835.
