Mostly Martha

Romance/Comedy, Italy/Austria 2001

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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 an 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 inquiries 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.
107 min
HD
Starting at 6
Audio language:
German
Subtitles:
EnglishFrenchSpanish

Awards

Mons Int. Festival of Love Films 2002 Best Actors Sergio Castellitto, Martina Gedeck
European Film Awards 2002 Best European Actor Sergio Castellitto
Deutscher Filmpreis 2002 Best Actress Martina Gedeck

More information

Editor:

Mona Bräuer

Sound Design:

Bernhard Maisch

Cast:

Martina Gedeck (Martha Klein)

Maxime Foerste (Lina Klein)

Sergio Castellitto (Mario)

August Zirner (Martha's Therapist)

Sibylle Canonica (Frida)

Katja Studt (Lea)

Antonio Wannek (Carlos)

Idil Üner (Bernadette)

Oliver Broumis (Jan)

Original title:

Bella Martha

Original language:

German

Further titles:

美味、愛情、甜蜜蜜

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Age rating:

Starting at 6 (Profanity, Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking)

Audio language:

German

Subtitles:

EnglishFrenchSpanish