Chef's Special ( Fuera de carta )

Chef's Special (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Fuera de carta
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Goya Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Nacho G. Velilla

Written By:
Oriol Capel
Antonio Sánchez

Actors:
Javier Cámara ..... Maxi
Lola Dueñas ..... Alex
Fernando Tejero ..... Ramiro
Chus Lampreave ..... Celia
Luis Varela ..... Jaime
Cristina Marcos ..... Marta
Junio Valverde ..... Edu
Alejandra Lorenzo ..... Alba
Fernando Albizu ..... Valero
Alberto Jo Lee ..... Dae-Su
Alexandra Jiménez ..... Paula
Benjamín Vicuña ..... Horacio
Mariano Peña ..... Álvaro
Carlos Leal ..... Pascal Sánchez
Jesús Fuente ..... Director del colegio

Synopsis:

Maxi (Javier Cámara) thinks his life is perfect. He is a famous cook who owns a top hyped restaurant in Chueca (the gay district of Madrid), with his most important goal being to get the restaurant rated by the Michelin guide. He is living the homosexual lifestyle without problems and hangups, with his employees as his closest confidants -including Alex (Lola Dueñas) and Ramiro (Fernando Tejero). But when his son Edu (Junio Valverde) and daughter (who were born from an unsuccessful marriage) appear and a new neighbor, Horacio (Benjamín Vicuña) moves in (an attractive famous Argentinian ex-soccer player), they will completely turn his life upside down and make him question his values.... It has non-stop comedy twists involving Maxi, the children, the employees in the restaurant, the handsome neighbor, and Maxi's parents. Just when you think you can't laugh anymore, it takes things one step further.

Maxi is a distinguished chef who owns one of the most swanky places in the gay-friendly neighborhood of Chueca in Madrid. Though Maxi is comfortably out of the closet, he has some skeletons still firmly tucked away there, including a sham marriage that resulted in him fathering several children. When they unexpectedly turn up on his doorstep and a handsome ex-football player from Argentina moves in next door, Maxi might have to reevaluate his own morals and values.

In his quest for Michelin stardom, Maxi's stress level is taking a toll on him and his kitchen staff. So close to success he can taste it, Maxi's dreams are thwarted by the arrival of his estranged teenage children and the dishy Argentinean ex-soccer star who moves in next door.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 18 September, 2009.

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