Claim: Sofia Coppola acted in a drama film based on a novel.

Lost in Translation is a 2003 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola . It was her second feature film after The Virgin Suicides -LRB- 1999 -RRB- . It stars Bill Murray as aging actor Bob Harris , who befriends college graduate Charlotte -LRB- Scarlett Johansson -RRB- in a Tokyo hotel .   Lost in Translation received critical acclaim and was nominated for four Academy Awards , including Best Picture , Best Actor for Bill Murray , and Best Director for Coppola ; Coppola won for Best Original Screenplay . Murray and Johansson each won a BAFTA award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Leading Role respectively . The film was a commercial success , grossing $ 119 million on a budget of $ 4 million . It is now often regarded as one of the best films of the 2000s .