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The Cakemaker

2017

Ofir Raul Graizer

Tim Kalkhof, Sarah Adler, Zohar Shtrauss, Roy Miller ...

6.8

2,640

Drama Thomas, a young and talented German baker, is having an affair with Oren, an Israeli married man who dies in a car crash. Thomas travels to Jerusalem seeking answers. Keeping his secret for himself, he starts working for Anat, his lover's widow, who owns a small café. Although not fully kosher and despised by the religious, his delicious cakes turn the place into a city attraction. Finding himself involved in Anat's life in a way far ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"[A] humane, heart-kneading debut feature (...) A tender, tactile and just-sweet-enough story of hidden love"	POS
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"This is the kind of respectfully muted drama that makes being queer and being in mourning look equally dull (...) Comfort food"	NEU
United Kingdom	Sarah Ward Screendaily	"[It] makes a strong impression while working from a classic recipe"	POS
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"A master class in exquisite restraint (...) Sad and sweet, and with a rare lyricism"	POS
United States	Gregory Ellwood The Playlist	"A delicate and moving drama that questions love beyond sexual identity (...) [Graizer] shows a masterful touch in handling material that could have easily ventured into pure melodrama"	POS
United States	Jordan Hoffman Village Voice	"'The Cakemaker' is more of a petit four than a belly bomb, but it’s striking in its particularity (...) The film’s aftertaste is sweet."	NEU

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