Ever lived in a hotel in a foreign country?

Rating: 9/10 (17 January 2005)

I thought his movie was well done. My husband had to live in Moscow, Russia, in a hotel room on and off for three years. I visited him several times. We both thought the writer nailed the weirdness of being in a huge, amazing foreign city, time changes, insomnia, and being unable (not unwilling, we both took lessons) to speak the language.
I wandered around Moscow, (while my hubby was at work) rode the subways, visited places I never thought I'd go, (I walked INTO St. Basil's Cathedral!!!) but always felt like a ghost because I couldn't communicate in Russian. The scene where Scarlett Johansson's character went to that amazing temple and just kind of walked around REALLY hit home with me.
So, aside from everything else, Coppola did a superb job of capturing the weird, ex-pat lifestyle. Bravo!