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Our Little Sister
Why this pick
Like The Cakemaker, it finds quiet emotional force in food, domestic routine and connections formed around absence, with patient observation rather than melodrama.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2017 1h 44m ISR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Thomas, a young, solitary German baker, is having an affair with a married Israeli man named Oren, who frequently visits Berlin on business. When Oren fails to return Thomas's calls one day, Thomas discovers that he died in an accident in Israel, and he goes to Jerusalem and visits the cafe of Oren's widow, Anat. Without revealing his identity, he gets a job in the cafe's kitchen and rents an apartment in the city. Though at first he is not allowed to make food, as it puts the cafe at risk of losing its kosher certification, Anat eventually tries some baked goods that Thomas made for her son's birthday and allows him to make food.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Tim Kalkhof
Thomas
Royal Miller
Oren
Sandra Sade
Hanna
Stephanie Stremler
Sophia
Sarah Adler
Anat