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* {{Homage}}: When Ben's history of theft is shown, it includes a subtle homage to ''Film/The400Blows'' when it says that his life of crime includes stealing typewriters when he was a schoolboy. The protagonist of that film, Antoine Doinel stole a typewriter when he was at school.
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** A few zingers from Ben that CrossTheLineTwice about killing people and burying the bodies in cement.
** Rose and Marty's discussion on fearing death.
** A few zingers from Ben that CrossTheLineTwice about killing people and burying the bodies in cement.
** Rose and Marty's discussion on fearing death.
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* {{Shoutout}}: Bobby and Vonnie go to the movies to see ''The Woman in Red'' (1935), which stars Creator/BarbaraStanwyck, Vonnie's favorite actress.
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** Bobby and Vonnie go to the movies to see ''The Woman in Red'' (1935), which stars Creator/BarbaraStanwyck, Vonnie's favoriteactress.actress.
** Near the end of the film, Leonard says: "Creator/{{Socrates}} said that the unexamined life is not worth living", which is a quote from the ''Literature/ApologyOfSocrates'' by Creator/{{Plato}}.
** Bobby and Vonnie go to the movies to see ''The Woman in Red'' (1935), which stars Creator/BarbaraStanwyck, Vonnie's favorite
** Near the end of the film, Leonard says: "Creator/{{Socrates}} said that the unexamined life is not worth living", which is a quote from the ''Literature/ApologyOfSocrates'' by Creator/{{Plato}}.
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* SpoofAesop: Near the end of the film, Leonard says: "Socrates "Creator/{{Socrates}} said that the unexamined life is not worth living but the examined one is no bargain."
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* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: The protagonist, Bobby, meets Vonnie, he falls in love with her, and eventually wins her heart. Then Vonnie decides to break up with him to get married with Phil. Years later, Bobby meets Vonnie again, he charms her, and he even gives her a passionate kiss. {{Subverted|Trope}} because Vonnie decides to keep on living with her husband Phil.
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* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: The protagonist, Bobby, meets Vonnie, he falls in love with her, and eventually wins her heart. Then Vonnie decides to break up with him to get married with Phil. Years later, Bobby meets Vonnie again, he charms her, and he even gives her a passionate kiss. {{Subverted|Trope}} because Vonnie decides to keep on living stay with her husband Phil.
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''Café Society'' is a 2016 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Creator/WoodyAllen and starring Creator/JesseEisenberg, Creator/KristenStewart, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/JeannieBerlin, Creator/BlakeLively, Creator/ParkerPosey, Creator/CoreyStoll, and Creator/KenStott.
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''Café Society'' is a 2016 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Creator/WoodyAllen and starring Creator/JesseEisenberg, Creator/KristenStewart, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/JeannieBerlin, Creator/BlakeLively, Creator/ParkerPosey, Creator/CoreyStoll, Creator/JeannieBerlin, and Creator/KenStott.
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* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: The protagonist, Bobby, meets Vonnie, he falls in love with her, and eventually wins her heart. Then Vonnie decides to break up with him to get married with Phil. Years later, Bobby meets Vonnie again, he charms her, and he even gives her a passionate kiss. {{Subverted|Trope}} because Vonnie decides to keep on living with her husband Phil.
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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Vonnie has feelings for Phil and Bobby. Phil is a rich and powerful talent agent, while Bobby is Phil's assistant.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: When he is sentenced to death, Ben, a Jew, is converted to Christianity because he wants to believe in the afterlife. The film claims that Jews do not believe in the afterlife, [[https://religionnews.com/2016/08/02/woody-allen-cafe-society-afterlife/ which is not true]].
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: When he is sentenced to death, Ben, a Jew, is converted to Christianity because he wants needs to believe in the afterlife. The film claims that Jews do not believe in the afterlife, [[https://religionnews.com/2016/08/02/woody-allen-cafe-society-afterlife/ which is not true]].
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: When he is sentenced to death, Ben, a Jew, is converted to Christianity because he wants to believe in the afterlife. The film claims that Jews do not believe in the afterlife, [[https://religionnews.com/2016/08/02/woody-allen-cafe-society-afterlife/ which is not true]].
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* OldFlame: Years after leaving Hollywood, Bobby meets Vonnie again in New York. Both realize they still have feelings for each other. After a couple of meetings, they decide to stop seeing each other.
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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Phil tells Bobby to stop calling him "uncle Phil" because nepotism should be kept quiet. Immediately thereafter, he introduces Bobby to his secretary Vonnie as "his nephew".
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* {{Shoutout}}: Bobby and Vonnie go to the movie to see ''The Woman in Red'' (1935), which stars Creator/BarbaraStanwyck, Vonnie's favorite actress.
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* BadGuyBar: {{Downplayed|Trope}} because there a many other people who spend time there, but Ben meets his fellow mobsters in the nightclub he owns.
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* ChekhovsGun: For their anniversary, Vonnie gives Phil a letter written by Creator/RudolphValentino. This letter becomes important later, when Bobby notices the letter in Phil's office, because this makes him realize that Phil's mistress is Vonnie.
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* KosherNostra: Bobby's elder brother Ben is a Jewish mobster.
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* HappilyMarried: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}.
** Phil is happily married with Karen, but still he falls in love with Vonnie. After much hesitation, he divorces Karen to marry Vonnie.
** Bobby is happily married with Veronica, but when he meets Vonnie again, he enjoys seeing her and he has regrets about their failed relationship.
** Vonnie is happily married with Phil, but when she meets Bobby again, she enjoys seeing him and she confesses that she still dreams of him.
* LoveAtFirstSight: A {{Flashback}} shows that Phil fell in love with Vonnie as soon as she entered his office.
** Phil is happily married with Karen, but still he falls in love with Vonnie. After much hesitation, he divorces Karen to marry Vonnie.
** Bobby is happily married with Veronica, but when he meets Vonnie again, he enjoys seeing her and he has regrets about their failed relationship.
** Vonnie is happily married with Phil, but when she meets Bobby again, she enjoys seeing him and she confesses that she still dreams of him.
* LoveAtFirstSight: A {{Flashback}} shows that Phil fell in love with Vonnie as soon as she entered his office.
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* SympatheticAdulterer: Phil cheats on his wife with Vonnie, but he is not depicted as villainous. He just fell in love with Vonnie. After much hesitation, he decides to tell his wife the truth and to get divorced.
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* AgeGapRomance: Phil (played by Creator/SteveCarell in his early fifties) and Vonnie (played by Creator/KristenStewart in her mid-twenties) love each other. Bobby, Phil's nephew who also loves Vonnie, is astounded that Vonnie is technically his aunt.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Bobby falls for Vonnie as soon as he meets her. She tells him that she is not interested, because she already has a boyfriend. However, Bobby keeps on seeing her and charming her. When Phil breaks up with Vonnie, Bobby's efforts are rewarded: Vonnie starts a relaionship with him.
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* LoveDodecahedron: There are three [[LoveTriangle love triangles]]:
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* ComingOfAgeStory: Over the course of the film, Bobby will get his first job, his first love story, his first break-up, he will get married and obtain a stable social position as club manager.
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* DramaticIrony: The audience knows that Vonnie is Phil's mistress long before Bobby realizes it. Conversely, the audience knows that Bobby has fallen in love with Vonnie long before Phil realizes it. Phil and Bobby talks talk together about their romantic relationships without realizing that they love the same person.
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* BigApplesauce: The second part of the film is set in New York, the town where Bobby grew up.
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* SetBehindTheScenes: The first part of the film is set in Hollywood. Phil is a talent agent and Bobby becomes a script-reader. They attend parties where they meet other people who work in the movie business.
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''Café Society'' is a 2016 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Creator/WoodyAllen and starring Creator/JesseEisenberg, Creator/KristenStewart, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/JeannieBerlin, Creator/BlakeLively, Creator/ParkerPosey, Creator/CoreyStoll, and Creator/KenStott.
Bobby Dorfman (Eisenberg) is a young man who grew up in a Jewish family in New York. He moves to Hollywood to work for his uncle Phil (Carell), a talent agent. He falls in love with Vonnie (Stewart), his uncle's secretary, but she tells him that she already has a boyfriend. Actually, she is Phil's mistress. When Phil finally dumps her because he cannot make up his mind to leave his wife, Vonnie starts a relationship with Bobby.
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!!''Café Society'' provides examples of:
* CrankyNeighbor: The neighbor of Evelyn and Leonard is very disagreeable. For example he listens to loud music and refuses to decrease the volume.
* DramaticIrony: The audience knows that Vonnie is Phil's mistress long before Bobby realizes it. Conversely, the audience knows that Bobby has fallen in love with Vonnie long before Phil realizes it.
* TheGreatDepression: The film is set in the world of rich socialites of the 1930's, so the effects of the Great Depression are not visible.
* LoveDodecahedron: There are three [[LoveTriangle love triangles]]:
** Bobby falls in love with Vonnie, then he gets married with Veronica.
** Vonnie is Phil's mistress. After he dumps her, she starts a relationship with Bobby, then she gets married with Phil.
** Phil is married with Karen, but Vonnie is his mistress and he finally leaves Karen to get married with Vonnie.
* TheMistress: Phil is married, but he has been in an extramarital relationship with Vonnie for one year.
* SexySecretary: Vonnie (played by Creator/KristenStewart) is Phil's secretary and Phil falls for her immediately when he meets her. Bobby falls for her just after meeting her too.
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Bobby Dorfman (Eisenberg) is a young man who grew up in a Jewish family in New York. He moves to Hollywood to work for his uncle Phil (Carell), a talent agent. He falls in love with Vonnie (Stewart), his uncle's secretary, but she tells him that she already has a boyfriend. Actually, she is Phil's mistress. When Phil finally dumps her because he cannot make up his mind to leave his wife, Vonnie starts a relationship with Bobby.
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!!''Café Society'' provides examples of:
* CrankyNeighbor: The neighbor of Evelyn and Leonard is very disagreeable. For example he listens to loud music and refuses to decrease the volume.
* DramaticIrony: The audience knows that Vonnie is Phil's mistress long before Bobby realizes it. Conversely, the audience knows that Bobby has fallen in love with Vonnie long before Phil realizes it.
* TheGreatDepression: The film is set in the world of rich socialites of the 1930's, so the effects of the Great Depression are not visible.
* LoveDodecahedron: There are three [[LoveTriangle love triangles]]:
** Bobby falls in love with Vonnie, then he gets married with Veronica.
** Vonnie is Phil's mistress. After he dumps her, she starts a relationship with Bobby, then she gets married with Phil.
** Phil is married with Karen, but Vonnie is his mistress and he finally leaves Karen to get married with Vonnie.
* TheMistress: Phil is married, but he has been in an extramarital relationship with Vonnie for one year.
* SexySecretary: Vonnie (played by Creator/KristenStewart) is Phil's secretary and Phil falls for her immediately when he meets her. Bobby falls for her just after meeting her too.
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