Fresh
As long as it's whimsically celebrating the ambiguous joys of cooking, writer-director Michael Hofmann's movie has charm and a sweetness verging on the tart.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
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Eden
Overview
Fat German star restaurant chef Gregor shows romantic interest in waitress Eden Drebb. She's happily married to hunky Xaver Drebb, but feels romantically neglected. Gregor's deserts seduce her, first trough her brat daughter Leonie, to spend time with him and his fabulous dishes. That soon becomes a rather platonic affair, and domestic troubles. Xaver decides to exact revenge on Gregor, with tragic results.
Director and cast
- Michael Hoffman Director
- Charlotte Roche as Eden Drebb
- Josef Ostendorf as Gregor
- Devid Striesow as Xaver Drebb
- Manfred Zapatka as Vater Xaver
- Elfriede Irrall as Gregors Nachbarin
- Roeland Wiesnekker as Frank
- Ilse Zielstorff as Restaurantgast
- Alexander Strobele as Koch Feinschmeckerrestaurant
- Werner Prinz as Verhafteter Restaurantgast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An over-filled smorgasbord of sweet intentions. The saving grace is a modicum of spiteful, deadpan humour at dumbkopf Xaver's expense.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Fresh
A love story of sorts, it's not a feel-good movie so much as feel-orgasmic-and-then-mildly-crestfallen movie. Like sex, like a good meal, like life.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
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