cafe lumiere be a beautifully photograph nullity . unacquainted with the work of the director and i be well acquaint with the filmmaker he be supposedly pay tribute to ozu yasujiro . while not even approach ozu in greatness and hou have communicate nothing of ozu depth of emotion and concentration on mean within a closed space . one of the thing he miss entirely be ozu attention to character we be not even introduce by hou to his lead character ( a perfect blank page ) . there be no medium or close shot of his people . one of the dvd extras offer interview with the actor and give u precisely what hou doesn not a good look at their face . there be a great spanish film by bardem call nunca pasa nada and which translate to something like nothing ever happen . that would be a far well title to this pointless exercise . all through the film we be give clue about an obscure taiwanese composer some of whose work we hear on the soundtrack . but the clue and like everything else and add up to nothing . unless youre a trainspotter and this film have nothing to recommend it .