Recommend an unusual movie please

"Bagdad Cafe" (1987) is a lovely eccentric little English-language West German film directed by Percy Adlon, starring Marianne Sägebrecht, Jack Palance, CCH Pounder, and Christine Kaufmann. It's a comedy-drama set in a remote truck stop and motel in the Mojave Desert in California. Inspired by Carson McCullers' novella "The Ballad of the Sad Café" (1951).

There, in the Mojave Desert, a German woman named Jasmine and her perpetually furious husband are quarreling. They're traveling across America on some sort of wretched vacation. She's had enough of him, grabs her suitcase, and walks away from their Mercedes as he drives away, leaving her in the dust. Walking along the highway, she comes across a ramshackle truck stop/motel and requests a room.

The owner is an independent, overburdened Black woman named Brenda, who shares the premises with her teenage children, a baby, a bewildered Italian cook, a tattoo artist, and a shipwrecked former Hollywood set painter. The film centers on the two women and the blossoming friendship that ensues.

 
Bella said:
"Bagdad Cafe" (1987) is a lovely eccentric little English-language West German film directed by Percy Adlon, starring Marianne Sägebrecht, Jack Palance, CCH Pounder, and Christine Kaufmann. It's a comedy-drama set in a remote truck stop and motel in the Mojave Desert in California. Inspired by Carson McCullers' novella "The Ballad of the Sad Café" (1951).

There, in the Mojave Desert, a German woman named Jasmine and her perpetually furious husband are quarreling. They're traveling across America on some sort of wretched vacation. She's had enough of him, grabs her suitcase, and walks away from their Mercedes as he drives away, leaving her in the dust. Walking along the highway, she comes across a ramshackle truck stop/motel and requests a room.

The owner is an independent, overburdened Black woman named Brenda, who shares the premises with her teenage children, a baby, a bewildered Italian cook, a tattoo artist, and a shipwrecked former Hollywood set painter. The film centers on the two women and the blossoming friendship that ensues.

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I remember watching this movie a long time ago.
 
Bella said:
"Bagdad Cafe" (1987) is a lovely eccentric little English-language West German film directed by Percy Adlon, starring Marianne Sägebrecht, Jack Palance, CCH Pounder, and Christine Kaufmann. It's a comedy-drama set in a remote truck stop and motel in the Mojave Desert in California. Inspired by Carson McCullers' novella "The Ballad of the Sad Café" (1951).
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This is a beautifully made low budget picture, which is both quirky and touching.
It's an unusual role for Jack Palance, but he nails it, as do the other cast people. Palance had taken a lot of crummy roles up until this one, which well preceded his big comeback in City Slicker (1991). It doesn't hold up quite as well as it did in 1987, but it's a nice little film in a world of its own.
 
This isn't an unusual movie, it's a series. I think it came out about 12 years ago.
It's about Daniel Holden, who spends nearly 20 years on death row for the rape and murder of a teenage girl, before new DNA evidence nullifies his conviction. He returns home, but he's far from welcomed.
 
Bella said:
"Bagdad Cafe" (1987) is a lovely eccentric little English-language West German film directed by Percy Adlon, starring Marianne Sägebrecht, Jack Palance, CCH Pounder, and Christine Kaufmann. It's a comedy-drama set in a remote truck stop and motel in the Mojave Desert in California. Inspired by Carson McCullers' novella "The Ballad of the Sad Café" (1951).

There, in the Mojave Desert, a German woman named Jasmine and her perpetually furious husband are quarreling. They're traveling across America on some sort of wretched vacation. She's had enough of him, grabs her suitcase, and walks away from their Mercedes as he drives away, leaving her in the dust. Walking along the highway, she comes across a ramshackle truck stop/motel and requests a room.

The owner is an independent, overburdened Black woman named Brenda, who shares the premises with her teenage children, a baby, a bewildered Italian cook, a tattoo artist, and a shipwrecked former Hollywood set painter. The film centers on the two women and the blossoming friendship that ensues.

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Thanks for reminding me! I loved this one.
 
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