Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Mostly Martha

Set in Germany and Italy. Martha is an obsessive chef who learns how to live when a painful family death occurs. This is a great food movie (don't watch it when you're hungry). There is a lot of deliciously subtle character development. Great soundtrack. A couple of really cool scenes (e.g. Getting Lena to Eat, Star Anise, "Do you have asthma?" and a lot of the Working in the Kitchen scenes)

German with English subtitles

Swearing:
-Some, although not all of it is translated in the subtitles. (The worst of it isn't translated.)

Sex:

-There is one kiss scene and one make-out scene but please note the blatant lack of Holywood lust in these scenes!
-Also, there is one scene where Martha is in her underclothes/pajamas but the scene is focused more on the fact that something went wrong while she was asleep and is not trying to show off her body. As a side note - Martha's underclothes are more modest than most American bathing suits.


Violence:
-No explosions.
-No guns.
-No swords.
-No blood.
-No guts.