Flirt

Hal Hartley's FLIRT spans three continents, three languages, three races, two sexual orientations and an infinitely comic variety of misunderstandings. The film begins in New York City with the story of Bill (Bill Sage), whose girlfriend (Parker Posey) gives him an ultimatum a few hours before leaving for a trip to Paris: make a commitment or end the relationship. FLIRT then proceeds to tell a variation of the same basic story two more times: In Berlin, where the central character is Dwight (Dwight Ewell), a young black American unable to settle down with his boyfriend, Johan, an older German art dealer; and in Tokyo, where a dance student named Miho (Miho Nikaido) is torn between her teacher/choreographer, Mr. Ozu (Toshizo Fujiwara) and her boyfriend, an American filmmaker. The fun of FLIRT is in discovering the subtle alterations of character, setting, tone, and cinematic style as the film's three parts gradually unfold. FLIRT is engaging and comic, a highly original film that never takes itself too seriously. Artfully photographed by Mike Spiller (Henry Fool) and featuring cameo appearances by Hartley veterans Martin Donovan, Karen Sillas, Elina Lowensohn and Robert John Burke.

Director: Hal Hartley
Producer: Ted Hope
Actor: Miho Nikaido
Actor: Bill Sage
Actor: Martin Donovan
Actor: Parker Posey
Actor: Harold Perrineau
Actor: JosT Z·niga
Actor: Patricai Scanlon
Actor: Dwight Ewell
Actor: Geno Lechner
Actor: Dominik Bender
Actor: Elina Löwensohn
Actor: Hans-Martin Stier
Actor: Harold Perriman
Actor: Harold Perrineau Jr.
Actor: Jacob Klaffke
Actor: Jorg Biesler
Actor: José Zuñiga
Actor: Junji Iljima
Actor: Lianna Pal
Actor: Mansaku Ikouchi
Actor: Masatoshi Nagaso
Actor: Meikyo Yamada
Actor: Natsumi Mitzuno
Actor: Nils Brück
Actor: Patricia Scanlon
Actor: Paul Schultze
Actor: Sabine Svoboda
Actor: Tetsushi Yamazaki
Actor: Totsuya Tahata
Actor: Michael Imperioli
Actor: Holt McCallany
Actor: Karen Sillas
Actor: Erica Gimpel
Actor: Liana Pai
Actor: Hannah Sullivan
Actor: Robert John Burke
Actor: Paul Austin
Actor: Peter Fitz
Actor: Susanna Simon
Actor: Boris Aljinovic
Actor: Maria Schrader
Actor: Elina Lowensohn
Actor: Nils Bruck
Actor: Sebastian Koch
Actor: Frank Schendler
Actor: Hans Martin Stier
Actor: Lars Rudolph
Actor: Jorg Biester
Actor: Gerhard Severin
Actor: Sabina Svoboda
Actor: Susie Bick
Actor: Amina Gusner
Actor: Stefan Kolosko
Actor: Jakob Klaffke
Actor: Joy Kraft
Actor: Bano Dost
Actor: Hasan Ali Mete
Actor: Miho Nikaidoh
Actor: Kumiko Ishizuka
Actor: Chikako Hara
Actor: Toshizo Fujiwara
Actor: Meikyoh Yamada
Actor: Mansaku Ikeuchi
Actor: Tomoko Fujita
Actor: Eri Yu
Actor: Yuri Aso
Actor: Natsumi Mizuno
Actor: Hal Hartley
Actor: Masatoshi Nagase
Actor: Tetsuya Tabata
Actor: Hirofumi Nakagawa
Actor: Morito Ikeda
Actor: Kenji Yamaguchi
Actor: Junji Iijiima
Actor: Tetushi Yamazaki
Actor: Yutaka Matsushige