Chinese Coffee
There's a fine line between friendship and betrayal.
When Harry Levine, an aging, unsuccessful Greenwich Village writer, is fired from his job as restaurant doorman, he calls on friend and mentor Jake, ostensibly to collect a long-standing debt.
- 6.7
- 2000
- Released
- 1h 39m
Al Pacino
Harry Levine
Jerry Orbach
Jake Manheim
Susan Floyd
Joanna
Ellen McElduff
Mavis
Michel Moinot
MauriceJudette Jones
Supermarket cashier
Paul J.Q. Lee
CountermanJoel Eidelsberg
Harry's BrotherMaria Gentile
Sarah / Bellydancer
Christopher Evan Welch
Hamlet Actor
Neal Jones
Etecoles / Actor in Play
Laura Esterman
Actor in Play/Messenger
Hazelle Goodman
Cafe Dante WaitressJames Bulleit
Sgt. Boyle - Undercover Cop #1Mark Scarola
Undercover Cop #2
Released
en
- #new york city
- #friendship
- #jealousy
- #photographer
- #writing
- #chinatown
- #based on play or musical
- #author
Reviews
In Carlito's Way, Al Pacino warns us that “a favor’s gonna kill you faster than a bullet.” In Chinese Coffee (2000) we see what he meant by that. Harry Levine (Pacino) and Jake Manheim (Jerry Orbach), whose friendship seems to illustrate that misery loves company, have exchanged favors; Harry loaned Jake $500 to buy photographic equipment, and Jake said he would read Harry's manuscript. Jake, h