THE CAKEMAKER
(Der Kuchenmacher)
In
this tender and moving debut, filmmaker Ofir Raul Graizer explores the
connection formed by a gay German baker and the Israeli widow of the man
whom they both loved.
Thomas (Tim Kalkhof), and Anat (Sarah Adler), the Israeli widow of the man whom they both loved, Oren (Roy Miller).
When Oren is killed in a car accident, Thomas moves to Jerusalem and
takes a job in Anat’s café. As their relationship deepens, and pressure
from Oren’s religious family rises for Anat, Graizer delicately and
gracefully traces the fluidity of desire and sexuality, the bonds forged
by shared grief, and the challenges those can present to faith and
family. As food is one way cultures can bridge such divides, so too can
it be a way to mark separation.