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Where was Bagdad Café filmed?

1987 film, directed by Percy Adlon.

  • California

The story is set in California, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
California
Filmed in
California

About Bagdad Café

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Released
1987
Director
Percy Adlon
Cast
Marianne SägebrechtJack PalanceChristine KaufmannGeorge AguilarMonica CalhounApesanahkwat
Genre
Comedy Drama
Awards
Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film; Silver nugget for the best foreign film; César Award for Best Foreign Film

The story

German tourists Jasmin Münchgstettner from Rosenheim and her husband fight while driving through the Mojave Desert.

He barrels into the Bagdad Cafe, an isolated truck stop cafe, to look for Jasmin.

Arguing outside the café, she lists the many ways in which he does not do his part.

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