Café Eisenhower
A grieving young gay American journeys deep into Eastern Europe during the early '90s to claim an unexpected inheritance from a great uncle. After a period of adjustment¸ he befriends a small group of young men and women who are struggling to shake off decades¸ and even centuries¸ of subjugation. Even more startling¸ he unearths a thinly veiled memoir by his benefactor detailing a clandestine love that survived war¸ genocide and Soviet rule. He naively uses the inheritance money to refurbish a coffee house originally opened by his uncle¸ and in the process¸ learns a vital lesson about love and loss¸ and the cyclical nature of oppression.
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