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The Taste of Things
Why this pick
Like Mostly Martha, it treats cooking as an exacting emotional language, pairing exquisite kitchen craft with a restrained, deeply felt romance between guarded adults.
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MOVIE2001 1h 46m DEU
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Why this pick
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Soul Kitchen
Why this pick
Another Hamburg restaurant story, but warmer and more chaotic: it shares the belief that a kitchen can expose difficult personalities while becoming a place of belonging.
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Tampopo
Why this pick
For the culinary obsession and deadpan humour of Mostly Martha, this playful ramen quest turns rigorous cooking into a joyful study of pride, craft, and community.
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The Lunchbox
Why this pick
A gentle, food-mediated connection between lonely people, told with the same quiet attentiveness to routine, appetite, and emotional thawing beneath reserved surfaces.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Martha Klein (Martina Gedeck) is a chef at Lido, a gourmet restaurant in Hamburg, Germany. A perfectionist who lives only for her work, Martha has difficulty relating to the world other than through food. Her single-minded obsession with her culinary craft occasionally leads to unpleasant confrontations with customers. Consequently, the restaurant owner, Frida (Sibylle Canonica), requires her to see a therapist (August Zirner) to work out her poor interpersonal skills. Martha's therapy sessions, however, turn into monologues on food, and her approach to stress management usually involves briefly retreating to the restaurant's walk-in refrigerator.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
August Zirner
Martha´s Therapist
Oliver Broumis
Jan
Sibylle Canonica
Frida
Martina Gedeck
Martha Klein
Sergio Castellitto
Mario
Katja Studt
Lea
Antonio Wannek
Carlos