An ideal feast is not only good company and delicious dishes, but also an exquisite drink in glasses. And in order to add a joyful atmosphere to the meeting, you should turn on a cozy movie. These are the tapes we recommend watching in this selection.
Le Chef (2012)
Franco-Spanish film comedy tells about a kind of confrontation between a young cook and an experienced master chef.
According to the plot, novice chef Jacqui works in a restaurant. But the restaurant owners don’t like its taste. After being released, Jacqui and his pregnant wife find themselves on the street with absolutely no money. In order to make some money, he gets a job as a painter and accidentally meets a chef.
Jacqui tries to change the life and preferences of the already famous chef Oleksandr Lagar, and thanks to such stubbornness, he himself becomes the King of the kitchen. And their best recipes are born after a quarrel.
Chocolate (2000)
The action of the film unfolds in a small provincial town, where a beautiful woman Vienne moves to live with her young daughter Anuk.
Here everyone lives according to strict rules, and the city is headed by a strict and conservative mayor. But with the appearance of Vienne, everything begins to change radically. She opens a shop where she sells her own chocolate.
In addition, the woman gradually becomes her own in the city, helping local residents to solve family problems. But the mayor is not at all happy with what is happening, because he sees Vienne as a threat to his power.
Mostly Martha (2001)
Marta is a single woman. She works as a chef in the kitchen of a famous French restaurant. There she creates truly incredible masterpieces of culinary art. Marty has no equal in preparing exquisite dishes.
Soon, real trouble comes into Marta’s life. Sister dies in a car accident, and Marty has to take his niece Lina home.
At the moment when the heroine feels as confused as possible, a new cook comes to the restaurant. He is also a great professional. Visitors like his dishes and charming smile. From that moment on, Marta’s little world is shattered, and life is flying downhill.
Eat, Pray, Love (2010)
The American romantic comedy with Julia Roberts in the lead role tells about the life of a modern woman who is looking for herself.
The main character, Liz Gilbert, realizes that her marriage has exhausted itself. She does not want to have children from him and files for divorce.
Risking everything to change her life, Liz begins to travel the world, embarks on the path of self-discovery. During her travels, she finds true pleasure in food while in Italy, the power of prayer in India, and finally true love in Bali.
Home Again (2017)
After watching the film “Home Again“, the viewer gets to know the divorced single mother Alice Kinney. She broke up with her husband and returned home to Los Angeles with her two daughters.
Having met with friends, Alice meets three young men. And they become part of her life: helping with the website, watching over her daughters, having fun together.
Things get more complicated when her ex-husband shows up at Alice’s house. But what seemed to promise only quarrels and troubles gradually becomes full-fledged happiness, and eight different people – a family.
Don’t be sad! (1969)
After graduating from St. Petersburg University, young doctor Benjamin Glonty returns to his hometown. He is in no hurry to pay off his school debts and start treating patients.
To support him and the rest of the large family falls to his sister Sofiko. Trying to persuade her brother to marry, she sets him up with a girl from a wealthy family of a local doctor. Benjamin’s carefree life suddenly becomes complicated.
Four Christmases (2008)
A couple in love, Brad and Kate, try to escape to Fiji for Christmas to avoid meeting their parents, with whom their relationship leaves much to be desired.
But the fog at the airport breaks their plans. Now they will need to go to four celebrations at once, because both parents are divorced.
Sideways (2004)
The dramatic comedy tells the story of two friends who go on a vacation and travel through the vineyards of California.
According to the plot, Miles Raymond works as a school literature teacher and tries to become a writer. His old friend Jack is a former actor and star of several television shows, who is getting married soon.
To relieve tension and enjoy the last week of “free life”, the men go on a trip through California vineyards.
Without this tape, the selection of “10 movies about delicious food” would be incomplete.
Burnt (2015)
Comedy tells about Adam Jones who worked in one of the best restaurants in Paris, which belonged to his mentor Jean-Luc. But morbid perfectionism and drugs led to the fact that Adam lost his job and some friends.
After giving up drugs, he started working in a bar, where he pulled oysters from the shells. Now, with a lot of experience and a desire to return to the profession, Jones is going to London to open his restaurant there.
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Sophie is young and beautiful, her plans include a wedding according to all the traditions of the genre. However, there is one catch. Girl wants her father to lead her to the altar. However, she has no idea who he is.
Donna – her mother, always hid this fact from her daughter, and only after finding the diary of Sophie’s mother does she roughly guess who her father is. But there are as many as three candidates for paternity. Without thinking long, the girl will send an invitation to all three.