Chinese Coffee

Chinese Coffee

2000 · 99 min · EN · R · 6.6 (55 votes)
Dir. Al Pacino · Starring Al Pacino, Jerry Orbach, Susan Floyd, Ellen McElduff, Michel Moinot, Judette Jones · Music Elmer Bernstein

There's a fine line between friendship and betrayal.

Drama

When Harry Levine, an aging, unsuccessful Greenwich Village writer is fired from his job as restaurant doorman, he calls on friend and mentor Jake, ostensibly to collect a long-standing debt.

VIBE

A weary, introspective dive into the quiet desperation of aging artists in New York. It feels like a long, late-night conversation filled with regret, unspoken resentments, and the ghosts of past ambitions.

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