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''A Chef in Love'', (
Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
: შეყვარებული კულინარის 1001 რეცეპტი / ''Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti'', literally, "1001 recipes of a chef in love") is a 1996
Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
directed by
Nana Dzhordzhadze Nana Jorjadze ( ka, ნანა ჯორჯაძე; born 24 August 1948) is an Academy Award nominated film director, scriptwriter and actress. Jorjadze was born in Tbilisi, and graduated first from a local musical school (1966), and then from ...
. It stars
Pierre Richard Pierre Richard (born Pierre-Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays; 16 August 1934) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films. Pierre Richard is considered by many, such as ...
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 A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearan ...
. 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 ') was the first modern establishment of a republic of Georgia, which existed from May 1918 to ...
). 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
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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
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at the
69th Academy Awards The 69th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 24, 1997, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremo ...
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 submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non- English-speaking film ...
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List of Georgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Georgia has submitted twenty films for Oscar consideration in the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category since gaining its independence from the USSR in 1991. Georgia received an Oscar nomination for its first-ever submission, ...


References


External links

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The New York Times movie review
1996 films 1990s 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 1996 comedy films 1996 drama films {{1990s-romantic-drama-film-stub