Lost In Translation: Taking place in Tokyo, Japan, Charlotte is a recently graduated philosophy major married to a photographer on a business trip together in this foreign country. Bob is a has-been actor seeking work in Japan as a promoter for a popular whisky. The storyline revolved around these two people, Bob and Charlotte who are lost in their life at the time. Although married, these two create quite the relationship together traveling the city lost in a society completely unlike their own. Communicating comes as a burden as they aimlessly make their way through their stay in Japan accepting the break in communication humorously. The main theme that I intend to focus on is this lack of direction in both their lives and how the cultural differences in Japan including communication symbolize this time in their lives. Beginning from the start of the movie, both Bob and Charlotte have this reoccurring sleep problem. It is apparent from this that something is on their mind that is keeping them up at all hours of the night. After meeting in the bar, the two spend multiple nights together getting to known each other while sharing many drinks. It becomes obvious that they are lost at this point in their lives as alcohol one way or another goes hand in hand with individuals under stress, unhappy, or lost in their life. While they are away from their partners, they create a certain bond together because of this common setback in their lives bringing them closer to one another. It is also interesting to observe that these two who are lost in their lives happen to meet one another in a country so unlike their own. Being in Japan symbolizes and mirrors their lack of direction in life because they are also socially lost in Japan. After discovering Charlotte’s toe injury they both set off on a humorous journey to a Japanese hospital unable to speak a word of Japanese. As they enter they speak with the front desk totally unaware of what they are being told. Despite this they carry on and eventually Charlotte ends up in an x-ray room where a doctor speaks to her about her injury in Japanese. While in the waiting room, Bob “communicates” with a local, as he can’t understand or figure out one word the person is saying. Communication serves as an important theme in the movie as their lack of communication with the locals symbolizes their lack of communication with their spouses. Both being married they showed little to no real conversation with their spouses. In fact, Bob’s communication with his wife focused around the kids along with small talk and no signs of affection. While speaking with her husband, Charlotte’s disappointment in her marriage is written all over her face. Understanding another’s culture doesn’t come easy. This was illustrated as Bob took part in multiple photo-shoots promoting whisky. While taking commands from the photographer, Bob is unaware of the requests given. Continuously he is being told, “close your face” which makes no sense to Bob. Instead he improvises and makes his own faces relative to the commands he thinks he hears. In another instance Bob becomes a guest on a local popular TV show. There he enters with no knowledge of the show and goes along with the host’s request. He finds himself repeating what the host says on more than one occasion and looks totally bewildered by the host’s actions. It is apparent that he doesn’t understand the humor of this culture. Lost in their lives and in the culture of Japan, Bob and Charlotte come together and try to overcome this obstacle, ultimately creating a bond between the two closer than either has with their spouses.