A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search of the wife and son of his dead lover.
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Ofir Raul GraizerWriter:
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Cast
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| Tim Kalkhof | ... | Thomas | |
| Sarah Adler | ... | Anat Nachmias | |
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Roy Miller | ... | Oren Nachmias |
| Zohar Shtrauss | ... | Moti (as Zohar Strauss) | |
| Sandra Sade | ... | Hanna (as Sandra Sadeh) | |
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Tamir Ben Yehuda | ... | Itai Nachmias (as Tomer Ben Yehuda) |
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Stephanie Stremler | ... | Sophia |
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Tagel Eliyahu | ... | Dana |
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Eliezer Shimon | ... | Avram (as Eliezer Lipa Shimon) |
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Gal Gonen | ... | Client |
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Sagi Shemesh | ... | Soldier |
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Iyad Msalma | ... | Swimming instructor |
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David Koren | ... | Swimmer (as David Heedye Koren) |
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Thomas, a young and talented German baker, is having an affair with Oren, an Israeli married man who dies in a car crash. Thomas travels to Jerusalem seeking answers. Keeping his secret for himself, he starts working for Anat, his lover's widow, who owns a small café. Although not fully kosher and despised by the religious, his delicious cakes turn the place into a city attraction. Finding himself involved in Anat's life in a way far beyond his anticipation, Thomas will stretch his lie to a point of no return. Written by Film Base Berlin
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Release Date:
28 December 2017 (Israel) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$33,384, 1 July 2018, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$875,751, 8 November 2018Company Credits
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Written and performed by Dominique Charpentier
From The Cakemaker - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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A framed etching of a view over the Goslar market square can be seen hanging on the bedroom wall in Thomas' apartment in Berlin. See more »Soundtracks
Le GoûterWritten and performed by Dominique Charpentier
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"The Cakemaker" is a gentle, sad film about a young German man who becomes infatuated with his deceased male lover and travels to Israel to be close to the lover's widow and child. He gets a job at a cafe run by the widow and the two of them strike up an uneasy romance of sorts -- both of them use the other as a proxy for the man who's no longer in either of their lives. Within this complicated emotional scenario, the film explores themes of cultural and religious prejudice and intolerance -- the German man has to overcome animosity and assumptions made about him by some of the Israeli characters while the widow has to contend with a different sort of prejudice because she's not religious and isn't "kosher" enough for some.
It's a very quiet and thoughtful film, and I really enjoyed its gentle rhythms. It's very much about grief and the human instinct to find people and things to keep alive the memories of those we've lost.
Grade: A-