Based in Auckland New Zealand, the film is largely about the lives of an Indian family separated because of past differences, two sisters who have not talked to each other since they were young girls. Both sisters live in opposites, one sister who has remained with her traditions and culture whilst the other sister and her son who have distanced themselves from their Indian roots. The son in search for his "Indian Identity" seeks out his aunt in an attempt to learn more about himself and finds out the history of the dispute that tore the family apart. The one binding factor that eventually brings all of them together is the food.
In tandem with the Indian story line there is also a European family, a mother who owns a cake decorating shop in a very multicultural area and her struggles to come to terms with the changes that multiculturalism brings. She has a 35 year old son that is struggling with his way in life who still lives at home and insists that his break in life will come at the advice of his drunk pub mates or the horses he gambles on. She struggles to put him on the right track smothering him with support to his eventual detriment.
I loved the concept of the movie that could be set in any country portraying the difficulties in inter and intra racial issues that contend with day to day life. The movie has moments of recognition for everyone as the characters represent some of the stereotypes that people have come to expect from all quarters of society. Some of them funny, some of them serious, the prejudice's, the eventual acceptance and the underlying importance of family. .
A great movie with something to think about.
In tandem with the Indian story line there is also a European family, a mother who owns a cake decorating shop in a very multicultural area and her struggles to come to terms with the changes that multiculturalism brings. She has a 35 year old son that is struggling with his way in life who still lives at home and insists that his break in life will come at the advice of his drunk pub mates or the horses he gambles on. She struggles to put him on the right track smothering him with support to his eventual detriment.
I loved the concept of the movie that could be set in any country portraying the difficulties in inter and intra racial issues that contend with day to day life. The movie has moments of recognition for everyone as the characters represent some of the stereotypes that people have come to expect from all quarters of society. Some of them funny, some of them serious, the prejudice's, the eventual acceptance and the underlying importance of family. .
A great movie with something to think about.