The Girl in the Café

The Girl in the Café is a British television movie drama, produced by independent production company Tightrope Pictures for BBC Wales, and originally screened on BBC One in the UK on Saturday 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on cable television station Home Box Office, on the same day. It tells the story of a civil servant, Lawrence, working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who falls in love with Gina, a young woman whom h... more

The Girl in the Café is a British television movie drama, produced by independent production company Tightrope Pictures for BBC Wales, and originally screened on BBC One in the UK on Saturday 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on cable television station Home Box Office, on the same day. It tells the story of a civil servant, Lawrence, working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who falls in love with Gina, a young woman whom he meets by chance in a London café. Lawrence takes Gina to a G8 summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she confronts the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom over the issue of third world debt and poverty in Africa, much to Lawrence's embarrassment and the anger of his employers. However, he realises that she is right, and tries to help persuade the Chancellor and others at the summit to do something about the issues concerned. The Girl in the Café was written by Richard Curtis and directed by David Yates. Bill Nighy played Lawrence, with Kelly... less