''A Chef in Love'', (
Georgian: შეყვარებული კულინარის 1001 რეცეპტი / ''Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti'', literally, "1001 recipes of a chef in love") is a 1996
Georgian film
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directed by
Nana Dzhordzhadze. It stars
Pierre Richard
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and
Nino Kirtadze.
Plot
The film tells the story of Pascal Ichak, a French opera singer and chef living in Georgia, who opens a
restaurant
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. It also shows the life in Georgia at the beginning of the 20th century, including its short period of independence (see
Democratic Republic of Georgia
The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG; ka, საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა, tr) was the first modern establishment of a republic of Georgia (country), Georgia, which exist ...
). After the
Bolshevik coup attempt in Georgia (1920), the chef refuses to emigrate and endures the brutalities of the new regime.
Reception
''A Chef in Love'' has an approval rating of 64% on
review aggregator
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website
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, based on 11 reviews, and an average rating of 6.6/10.
Awards
The film was selected as the Georgian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
69th Academy Awards in 1997.
A Chef in Love was among the final nominees for the award, but did not win.
See also
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List of Georgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
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The New York Times movie review
1996 films
1996 romantic comedy-drama films
Comedy-drama films from Georgia (country)
Films directed by Nana Jorjadze
Films scored by Goran Bregović
Films set in Georgia (country)
Films set in the 1920s
1990s Georgian-language films
Romantic period films
Cooking films
Sony Pictures Classics films
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