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After all that is been said, I can only add one more positive review. What I like about this movie is that I can see a more modern look at Germany today, an image different from the usual macabre-war-related made by hollywwod. This movie has a human touch and an open heart.

Subtle directing, sublime acting and soundrack,
I'd like to add to what others have said about this film that (a) the acting is wonderful (especially Martina Gedeck as Martha and Maxime Foerste as Lina) and (b) the soundtrack is absolutely sublime.

In fact, the reason I bought the DVD was that reportedly there was quite a lot of Keith Jarrett on the soundtrack, and there is, to great effect. Material from the Norwegian Quartet, the Bregenz solo concert and the trio albums Tribute and Standards Volume 2 is all used, and it combines with the film quite beautifully.

But in the end, it wasn't just the soundtrack that entranced me, but the whole film. And anyone who buys into the absurd stereotype of the lack of German humour should see this to realise how wrong they are.

WOnderful!

I loved this movie
*****
This movie was ostensibly about food, but really about love. Martha is a very lonely woman living her life for her passion, which is cooking. Throughout the movie characters---from other professional chefs to her orphaned niece---come into her life and finally she begins to love. However, it is a subtle, thought-provoking movie, not a dramatic American movie where everything is blatant and laid-out for the viewer.

I think I fell in love with Sergio Castellitto who plays Mario, an Italian chef working with Martha. The movie is worth watching simply for his performance with Martha (Martina Gedeck), who is truly excellent as well.

I just watched this movie as a rental and I am going to order it, because it is the type of movie that can and should be watched again and again to discover the layers of meaning that are there.

If you are a viewer who enjoys food or cooking, or relationship dynamics that are subtle yet profound, this is a wonderful, timeless movie. It was in German, and I hated having to watch the dialgue via the subtitles so closely, but it was well worth it. Although complex, this movie was uplifting, not dark.
*****

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