Bon Appétit (film)
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Bon Appétit is a 2010 romantic drama film directed by David Pinillos and written by Juan Carlos Rubio, David Pinillos and Paco Cabezas. The story is based on a young spanish chef working at a prestigious restaurant in Zurich
, Switzerland
. He falls in love with a work-partner but she is in love with another boy. The film stars Unax Ugalde
and Nora Tschirner
.
) is a young and ambitious Spanish chef who just realized his dream: working at a famous restaurant managed by star chef Thomas Wackerle (Herbert Knaup). Due to his extraordinary talent, Daniel soon progresses in Wackerle's demanding kitchen. He is attracted to Hanna (Nora Tschirner
), the atractive sommellier of the restaurant.
One evening, Daniel and Hanna are walking in the city, talking about life, love, and relationships. Daniel expresses his opinion that love isn't at all like a romantic movie. After saying this, Hanna kisses Daniel. This unexpected situation provides a turning point in Daniel's tidy and organized life. He faces a difficult question: Is it worth risking your professional career for love?
Bon Appétit is a film telling the story of friends who dare to cross the thin line dividing friendship and romantic love. The film talks about conventional people and includes scenes shot in some of the most picturesque places of Zurich
, Switzerland
.
Pinillos had worked with important directors like editing worker like Álex de la Iglesia or Daniel Sánchez Arévalo and he knew many cinema genders like comedy or drama. Pinillos wanted to tell a story about that "thin red line" that divides love and friendship and everybody have crossed some times and that event gets complicated and changes the life. Both Pinillos and Uriol want a character who goes to another country because that implies to start again because, according to Pinillos and Uriol, it's so curious like a person to open one's heart to foreign people is easier like family or friends. Pinillos said that Bon Appétit is inspired in American
film Before Sunrise
by Richard Linklater
and the French
film L'Auberge espagnole by Cédric Klapisch
.
Morena Films, the studio, is got used to work in european spheres and the producer likes to work with international co-producers. Bon Appétit found other studios for European market: Morena Films from Spain
, Zodiac Pictures from Switzerland
and Egoli Tossell from Germany
.
Thanks for studis and other producer companies like Beta Films (distributor of The Lives of Others
), Pixstar, Italian producer and television and European financing programmes by EURIMAGES and MEDIA was possible to realise Bon Appétit in Spanish
, Swiss and German
cinemas with a 2.8 million euros in budget. In Spain
, channel television implied were ETB and TVE
.
Like there are actors from many European countries, the film was shot in English
although there are parts in Spanish
, French
and German
languages.
and also Germany. The film had its premiere at the Malaga Film Festival
in April 2010 with a positive reaction from the Spanish critics. At the festival Unax Ugalde
won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In October
, the film was in the Valladolid Film Festival
. In cinema magazines, Bon Appétit has 7,3/10 with a good results. In addition, Bon Appétit won Goya Award for Best New Director
for David Pinillos.
The film had premieres in another festival like Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
with positive reviews and it received critical acclaim. In France was in Toulouse Cinespaña fête du cinéma
and in United States was premiere in Stony Brooks Film Festival.
Bon Appétit was released in Spain
on 12 November 2010. In Germany
and Switzerland
was released 25 November 2010.
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. He falls in love with a work-partner but she is in love with another boy. The film stars Unax Ugalde
Unax Ugalde
Unax Ugalde Gutiérrez is a Spanish actor born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Basque Country.-Biography:Unax Ugalde, son of a worker at the Altos Hornos and a housewife, was born in 1978 in Vitoria-Gasteiz. While, as a student, he ambitioned to become a marine scientist, started taking classes...
and Nora Tschirner
Nora Tschirner
Nora Marie Tschirner is a German actress and television and radio presenter.-Early life:Nora Tschirner was born in East Berlin to the documentary film director Joachim Tschirner and the radio journalist Waltraud Tschirner. She grew up with her two older brothers in the East Berlin suburb Pankow...
.
Plot
Daniel (Unax UgaldeUnax Ugalde
Unax Ugalde Gutiérrez is a Spanish actor born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Basque Country.-Biography:Unax Ugalde, son of a worker at the Altos Hornos and a housewife, was born in 1978 in Vitoria-Gasteiz. While, as a student, he ambitioned to become a marine scientist, started taking classes...
) is a young and ambitious Spanish chef who just realized his dream: working at a famous restaurant managed by star chef Thomas Wackerle (Herbert Knaup). Due to his extraordinary talent, Daniel soon progresses in Wackerle's demanding kitchen. He is attracted to Hanna (Nora Tschirner
Nora Tschirner
Nora Marie Tschirner is a German actress and television and radio presenter.-Early life:Nora Tschirner was born in East Berlin to the documentary film director Joachim Tschirner and the radio journalist Waltraud Tschirner. She grew up with her two older brothers in the East Berlin suburb Pankow...
), the atractive sommellier of the restaurant.
One evening, Daniel and Hanna are walking in the city, talking about life, love, and relationships. Daniel expresses his opinion that love isn't at all like a romantic movie. After saying this, Hanna kisses Daniel. This unexpected situation provides a turning point in Daniel's tidy and organized life. He faces a difficult question: Is it worth risking your professional career for love?
Bon Appétit is a film telling the story of friends who dare to cross the thin line dividing friendship and romantic love. The film talks about conventional people and includes scenes shot in some of the most picturesque places of Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
Cast
- Unax UgaldeUnax UgaldeUnax Ugalde Gutiérrez is a Spanish actor born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Basque Country.-Biography:Unax Ugalde, son of a worker at the Altos Hornos and a housewife, was born in 1978 in Vitoria-Gasteiz. While, as a student, he ambitioned to become a marine scientist, started taking classes...
- Daniel - Nora TschirnerNora TschirnerNora Marie Tschirner is a German actress and television and radio presenter.-Early life:Nora Tschirner was born in East Berlin to the documentary film director Joachim Tschirner and the radio journalist Waltraud Tschirner. She grew up with her two older brothers in the East Berlin suburb Pankow...
- Hanna - Giulio Berruti - Hugo
- Herbet Knaup - Thomas Wackerle
- Elena Irureta - Daniel's Mother
- Xenia Tostado - Eva
- Ibán Malo - Lukas
- Alfonso Da Costa - Gaëtan
- Susana Abaituna Gómez - Sara
- Daniel Alonso - Samuel
- Irie Leon Dje Bi - Paul
- Eva Nilsen - Sibel
Production
Bon Appétit is the first film who David Pinillos realizes. Pedro Uriol, the producer, said that he and Pinillos are very long friends and they meet them-selves since many years. Uriol saw many good quailities in Pinillos. Nowadays, Pinillos was only editing worker but Pinillos has many experiences in cinema and he had the two most imporante qualities for a director: sensitivity and technique according to Uriol. The screenplay was written by David Pinillos, Juan Carlos Rubio and Paco Cabezas.Pinillos had worked with important directors like editing worker like Álex de la Iglesia or Daniel Sánchez Arévalo and he knew many cinema genders like comedy or drama. Pinillos wanted to tell a story about that "thin red line" that divides love and friendship and everybody have crossed some times and that event gets complicated and changes the life. Both Pinillos and Uriol want a character who goes to another country because that implies to start again because, according to Pinillos and Uriol, it's so curious like a person to open one's heart to foreign people is easier like family or friends. Pinillos said that Bon Appétit is inspired in American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film Before Sunrise
Before Sunrise
Before Sunrise is a 1995 romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Kim Krizan. The film follows Jesse , a young American, and Céline , a young French woman, who meet on a train and disembark in Vienna, where they spend the night walking around the city and...
by Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater
-Early life:Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While working on the rig he read a lot of literature, but on land he developed a love of film through...
and the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
film L'Auberge espagnole by Cédric Klapisch
Cédric Klapisch
Cédric Klapisch , is a French film director.Klapisch was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a Jewish family; his maternal grandparents were deported to Auschwitz. He studied cinema at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle as well as at the University of Paris VIII...
.
Morena Films, the studio, is got used to work in european spheres and the producer likes to work with international co-producers. Bon Appétit found other studios for European market: Morena Films from Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Zodiac Pictures from Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and Egoli Tossell from Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Thanks for studis and other producer companies like Beta Films (distributor of The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others is a 2006 German drama film, marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The film involves the monitoring of the cultural scene of East Berlin by agents of the Stasi, the GDR's secret police...
), Pixstar, Italian producer and television and European financing programmes by EURIMAGES and MEDIA was possible to realise Bon Appétit in Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Swiss and German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
cinemas with a 2.8 million euros in budget. In Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, channel television implied were ETB and TVE
RTVE
The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. or Corporación Radiotelevisión Española is the state-owned public corporation that assumed the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service from Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española in 2007...
.
Like there are actors from many European countries, the film was shot in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
although there are parts in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
languages.
Critical reaction and Distribution
Bon Appétit has positive reviews in Spain, SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and also Germany. The film had its premiere at the Malaga Film Festival
Málaga
Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
in April 2010 with a positive reaction from the Spanish critics. At the festival Unax Ugalde
Unax Ugalde
Unax Ugalde Gutiérrez is a Spanish actor born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Basque Country.-Biography:Unax Ugalde, son of a worker at the Altos Hornos and a housewife, was born in 1978 in Vitoria-Gasteiz. While, as a student, he ambitioned to become a marine scientist, started taking classes...
won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In October
October
October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the...
, the film was in the Valladolid Film Festival
Valladolid
Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...
. In cinema magazines, Bon Appétit has 7,3/10 with a good results. In addition, Bon Appétit won Goya Award for Best New Director
Goya Award for Best New Director
|The Goya Award for Best New Director is the Goya awarded yearly to the best debuting director. The following table shows the winners:-References:**...
for David Pinillos.
The film had premieres in another festival like Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
with positive reviews and it received critical acclaim. In France was in Toulouse Cinespaña fête du cinéma
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
and in United States was premiere in Stony Brooks Film Festival.
Bon Appétit was released in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
on 12 November 2010. In Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
was released 25 November 2010.