Ex-con Percy with a tragic past finds a job at a smalltown restaurant where she has life-changing influences upon the owner & its cook.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
An alien and a robot are sent to Earth, which is on the verge of space travel, to warn it that it must learn to live in peace, lest it infects the galaxy.
Bagdad Cafe (1987)
When a middle aged German hausfrau splits from her boorish husband in the middle of the Mohave Desert, she winds up at a run down motel-café owned by a very angry black woman.
ZORBA the GREEK (1964) “A Touch of Madness:”
A middle aged Greek full of life expresses joy and pain thru dance. Zorba influences a shy Brit to celebrate life even when their plans to open a mine fail.