Underplayed Gems

Final Recipe (2013)

Final Recipe poster
Directed by
Gina Kim
Genre
drama film
Country
South Korea, Thailand, People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man enters a cooking competition to win prize money and save his grandfather's restaurant. He must impress the show's host and a master chef who judge the contestants.

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What happens

Final Recipe is a 2013 Malaysian-Singaporean drama film directed by Gina Kim and written by George Huang, who adapted a story by Kim. It stars Michelle Yeoh, Henry Lau, and Chin Han. Lau plays a young man who must impress Yeoh, who is the host, producer, and one of two judges of a cooking competition show, along with and the reigning master chef, David Chen, in order to win a large prize money to save his grandfather's restaurant. It premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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