The Girl in the Cafe-an HBO Film.
Although this movie is not a christian themed movie, it is a great example for me to understand how a writer can use fiction to portray a real and timely issue-world poverty.
Premise:He's a shy civil servant working for the British delegation to the 2005 G8 Summit. She's an alluring young woman he meets at a café - and invites to the Summit on a whim. Together, this unlikely couple might just change history. Written by award-winning screenwriter Richard Curtis.
I'm not saying that all fiction should possess some underlying cause, but for those writers, who have them in their WIP, this movie is an example to study.
Why this movie(actually the script)helps me?
The story is simple. They aren't many characters, so the issues have time to be explored. At first I didn't know how the love story would intertwine with the G8 Summit, but as things began to unfold it made great sense. What would happen if a summit delegate brought someone to the retreat, who could destroy his whole life's work? What would happen if you bite the hand that would fed you?
I'll admit. I felt uneasy with the way the American delegation was portrayed. We looked like oil obsessed, debt collectors. But again, if Americans wrote the script, then we would probably portray the Brits as...another topic for a different blog.
Writing to see what the end's gon' be,
Dee
