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Chinese Coffee
Chinese Coffee

Chinese Coffee

2000 99 min ★ 6.7 Drama

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.

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Cast

Al Pacino

Al Pacino

Harry Levine

Jerry Orbach

Jerry Orbach

Jake Manheim

Susan Floyd

Susan Floyd

Joanna

Ellen McElduff

Ellen McElduff

Mavis

Michel Moinot

Maurice

Judette Jones

Supermarket cashier

Paul J.Q. Lee

Paul J.Q. Lee

Counterman

Joel Eidelsberg

Harry's Brother

Maria Gentile

Sarah / Bellydancer

Christopher Evan Welch

Christopher Evan Welch

Hamlet Actor

Details

Director

Al Pacino

Tagline

"There's a fine line between friendship and betrayal."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Chal Productions, The Shooting Gallery

Reviews

T

tmdb28039023

September 10, 2022

★ 6/10

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...

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