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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

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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