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A must watch. There are certain types of movies that allow you to be a part of it, rather than being mere viewers. Despite having a very shallow plot, Lost in Translation beseech you to take part in the beautiful fleeting journey, allowing the viewers to become part of the movie itself. The highlight of the film lies in the creation of the characters and the settings wherein the viewers are seduced to join their intimate explorations of themselves and the city together. Such is the seduction, so powerful that one is drawn towards the sadness and happiness experienced by the characters. Rather than describing, it allows you to feel and explore the intimate relationships between the characters; their shared boredom, sadness and happiness. Lost in Translation is one such movie where the characters converse with you through its silence. The characters in the movie are believable and it conjures you to be a part of their boredom and allows you to feel the transient excitement of new experience in a foreign location; where their shared boredom propels them to look for happiness in the limited space and time. Sofia Copolla through her directions succeeds to portray the intimacy of the two lovers/friends, exploring the meaning and essence of life. The transient nature of their relationship covets the viewers to know more about them, lending imagination to their relationship and its finality. Knowing that they will be separated, that their fleeting moments will finally end; enhances the value of the yearning and intimacy shown in the film. The climax where Bob whispers to Charlotte without letting the audiences know, allows the film to maintain its intimacy, further enticing the audience to be a part of it by allowing them to use their imaginations concerning the ‘end’ of their relation.