Yesterday, I went to the Landmark Theatre in River Oaks to see the French movie "Cache" with Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil. The theatre upstairs at River Oaks is small and cozy, with a capacity of may be 120. I guess there were about 30 – 40 people present. Lack of audience has to do with people's aversion to films with sub-titles, which is how I grew up in Egypt. All films shown in theaters in Egypt in the 50s and 60s had Arabic and/or English and/or French subtitles.

As soon as the movie was over, the man next to me turned in my direction and asked in a loud voice "can you explain to me what happened here?" As soon as he said that a lot of other voices were raised asking "what is the ending all about?" and "what is this movie all about?"
Never before (except after Fahrenheit 911) did I see people stop after the movie to talk to total strangers. Trust me, I am not exaggerating when I say that half of the audience was engaged in group discussion as the credit lines were rolling. I guess this is the ending the director wanted, namely for people to talk. I am sure I will go again with friends, just to see what they think