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Kitchen (1997)

Kitchen poster
Original title
我愛廚房
Directed by
Yim Ho
Genre
drama film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
2h 04m
Rating
8.7 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman navigates grief and finds a new sense of belonging through connections with a family friend and a shared kitchen space.

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What happens

Kitchen (Chinese: 我愛廚房; pinyin: Wo ai chu fang) is a 1997 Hong Kong drama film directed by Yim Ho. It is a remake of the 1989 film of the same name directed by Yoshimitsu Morita; both films were based on the homonymous novel by Banana Yoshimoto. Kitchen was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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