Synopsis
Martha is a single woman who lives for one passion: cooking. The head chef at a chic restaurant, Martha has no time for anything - or anyone - else. But Martha's solitary life is shaken when a fateful accident brings her sister's eight-year-old daughter, Lina, to her doorstep.
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Cast
- Martina GedeckMartha Klein
- Maxime FoersteLina Klein
- Sergio CastellittoMario
- August ZirnerMartha´s Therapist
- Sibylle CanonicaFrida
- Katja StudtLea
- Antonio WannekCarlos
- İdil ÜnerBernadette
- Oliver BroumisJan
Recommendations
- 83
Portland Oregonian
A feel-good movie that doesn't think it needs to rub people's noses in the happy stuff to get its points across or eliminate all the disturbing shades to make a uniformly glowing whole. - 80
Washington Post
Sweet without being saccharine and funny without being forced, the closely observed romantic comedy treats the culinary arts as a metaphor for personal healing. - 80
Time
Nettelbeck is a sharp observer of life's surprises, and Gedeck has an appraising, intelligent beauty. Her Martha is like the film: tart on the outside, sweet on the inside, with a delectable aftertaste. - 80
Slate
The German reserve and Italian extroversion are in just the right balance. The movie exists on a tantalizing border -- and I don't mean Switzerland. - 78
Austin Chronicle
There's more at work in this gorgeous and affecting picture than simple culinary sex appeal. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
It is, in short, a compendium of clichés, yet with a presentation that makes the familiar seem remarkably warm and fresh. - 70
Washington Post
A sweet, even delectable diversion from the more explosive cinematic fare of the season. - 63
New York Post
The plot is thin as consomme, and the thudding score is distracting, but the heartfelt storytelling and Michael Bertl's disarming cinematography make this a food film to savor.
