The Cakemaker (2017)
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Country:
Israel, Germany
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Duration:
104 min
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Genre:
drama
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Director:
Ofir Raul Graizer
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Producer:
Itai Tamir
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Cast:
Zohar Strauss, Tim Kalkhoff, Sarah Adler
About film
Thomas, a young and talented German baker, is having a love affair with Oren, an Israeli married man. After Oren dies in a car accident, Thomas travels to Jerusalem in search of answers. Keeping his secret to himself, he starts working for Anat, his lover’s widow, who owns a small café. Deserts that he is making are not kosher and contradict the religious principles – and so do his relationships with his beloved's widow.
Rewards and nominations
- Jerusalem Film Festival 2017 — Haggiag Award for Best Editing, The Lia Van Leer Award
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2017 — Award of Ecumenical Jury
- Miami Jewish Film Festival 2018 — The Critics Prize
Director
39-year-old Israeli director and screenwriter who lives in Germany. He grew up in a family with a deeply religious father and a secular mother. Grazier is a vegetarian, a gay man, and he is married. He has loved cinema since childhood, especially Italian horror movies. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents Grazier's short film La Discotheque premiered in Cannes in 2015. The Cakemaker – a story about a German baker having a love affair with a married Jewish man – became his first feature film. It won seven awards, including the Ophir Award. The film became Israel's entry to the Oscars and was sold for a remake in the USA.
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Director
39-year-old Israeli director and screenwriter who lives in Germany. He grew up in a family with a deeply religious father and a secular mother. Grazier is a vegetarian, a gay man, and he is married. He has loved cinema since childhood, especially Italian horror movies. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents Grazier's short film La Discotheque premiered in Cannes in 2015. The Cakemaker – a story about a German baker having a love affair with a married Jewish man – became his first feature film. It won seven awards, including the Ophir Award. The film became Israel's entry to the Oscars and was sold for a remake in the USA.
