Summary:
In a German restaurant, Chef Martha Klein is the undisputed supreme ruler of the kitchen staff and woe to any customer who would dare criticize her cooking. Her life is firmly centered around cooking which takes on a obsessive level with stubborn single mindedness. Even when she is ordered to take therapy, she still constantly talks about her work and the iron clad control she relishes in her task. All that changes when her sister dies in a car accident, leaving her 8 year old daughter, Lina. Martha takes her niece in and while making enquiries for her estranged father, she struggles to care for this stubbornly headstrong child. Meanwhile at work, a new chef named Mario is hired on and Martha feels threatened by this unorthodox intruder. The pressures of both her private and work life combine to create a situation that will fundamentally call her attitudes and life choices into question while these interlopers into her life begin to profoundly change it.
| Runtime: | 109 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated PG thematic material and mild language. |
| Production: | Rai Cinemafiction |
| Genres: | Drama, Comedy, Romance |
| Countries: | Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland |
| Languages: | German, Italian |
| Home Release Date: | Feb 18, 2003 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Sandra Nettelbeck | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Sandra Nettelbeck | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Martina Gedeck | Martha Klein |
| Maxime Foerste | Lina Klein (Martha's Niece) |
| Sergio Castellitto | Mario |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Angela Schmidt | Frau Steinberg |
| Antonio Wannek | Carlos |
| August Zirner | Martha's Therapist |
| Diego Ribon | Giuseppe Lorenzo |
| Gerhard Garbers | Herr Steinberg |
| Idil Üner | Bernadette |
| Katja Studt | Lea |
| Oliver Broumis | Jan |
| Sibylle Canonica | Frida |
| Ulrich Thomsen | Sam Thalberg |
| Victoria Trauttmansdorff | Companion |
| W.D. Sprenger | Noisy Customer |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Carlo Degli Esposti | Co-Producer |
| Christine Berg | Producer: Kinowelt |
| Christoph Friedel | Producer |
| Dschingis Bowakow | Executive Producer |
| Heinz Stussak | Co-Producer |
| Karl Baumgartner | Producer |
| Marcel Hoehn | Co-Producer |
| Michael Seeber | Co-Producer |
| Rainer Kölmel | Co-Producer |
| Ulrich Limmer | Co-Producer |
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