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Anthony Byrne (writer)
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Release Date:
16 May 2008 (USA) See more »
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Life is a buffet
Plot:
A little bit of life, love and wisdom come together over one night in the culinary underbelly where Life is a buffet and everything is "Short Order". Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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1 win & 7 nominations See more »
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Irish/Czech Co-Production for Venice Critics Week
 (From IFTN. 27 July 2009, 6:28 AM, PDT)

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If food is life, should one give their life for food? See more (4 total) »

Cast

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Emma de Caunes ... Fiona

Rade Serbedzija ... Paulo (as Rade Sherbedgia)

Cosma Shiva Hagen ... Catherine
Jack Dee ... Harry
Paul Kaye ... Cable Show guy

Vanessa Redgrave ... Marianne

John Hurt ... Felix
Paschal Friel ... Pedro
Tatiana Ouliankina ... Stefani
Vincent Fegan ... Master Chef / Sebastin Gruel
Tommy O'Neill

Jon Polito
Eamonn Hunt
Frédéric Andrau
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adam Goodwin

Philip Murphy ... Butcher
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Life Is a Buffet" - International (English title) (new title)
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Runtime:
100 min
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References "The Jimmy Durante Show" (1954) See more »

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2 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
If food is life, should one give their life for food?, 24 July 2008
Author: lastliberal from Florida

Before The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Mr. Bean's Holiday or The Science of Sleep, there was Short Order. While it has just reached our shores a couple of months ago, it is not a new film. It is, however, a film for those who like fantasy and lightness and beauty.

Of course, the great beauty in all the films mentioned is Emma de Caunes, the star of this film; a short order cook who is actually a great chef, but is afraid to step out and let the world judge her. De Caunes is enjoyable in every film I have seen above, and she is most enjoyable here.

Running a close second is her friend in the film, played by Cosma Shiva Hagen, whom I have not seen before, but certainly want to search out.

The rest of the cast, which included John Hurt and Vanessa Redgrave, as well as an enchanting Tatiana Ouliankina in her first film added to this strange fantasy about life and food in a way that can only be appreciated by viewing; mere words do their performances no justice.

There are two themes running throughout: one the quest for the whale al la Moby Dick, and the continual referencing of sex and food. It is quite hilarious to hear those references, and made the film well worth watching.

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