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In this tender, delicate drama about a closeted love affair, the story unfolds through the eyes of Thomas, a Berlin pastry chef, who belatedly learns that Oren, his commuting Israeli lover, died in a Jerusalem car accident. Unmoored by his loss, Thomas decides to visit the place where his lover lived and look at his uncloseted life, which included a wife, Anat, and a young son. Without revealing much about his past except for his baking credentials, Thomas takes a job in Anat’s café. But his almost silent, melancholy presence catalyzes unexpected consequences.
Blessed with strong, sensitive performances from his leading actors, director Graizer crafts an indelible film about loneliness and yearning, filled with sensuous textures and mouth-watering edibles. As Anat reveals details about her married life to Thomas, Graizer complements the micro level with a picture of the larger tensions roiling Jerusalem and the way that Israeli society is almost closed to outsiders.
Director Biography
Born in 1981, in Ra’anana, Israel, director-writer Ofir Raul Graizer made his feature-film debut with The Cakemaker. He studied film at Sapir College, Sderot in Israel and also co-directed the film La Discotheque (’15).
Press
"a tender, tactile and just-sweet-enough story of hidden love, challenged faith and unwittingly shared grief that marks an auspicious feature debut for Israeli writer-director Ofir Raul Graizer" - Variety
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