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The Cakemaker
The Cakemaker poster.jpg
Directed byOfir Raul Grazier
Produced by
Mathias Schwerbrock
Itai Tamir
Written byOfir Raul Grazier
Starring
Sarah Adler
Tim Kalkhof
Zohar Strauss
Roy Miller
Tamir Ben Yehuda
Music byDominique Charpentier
CinematographyOmri Aloni
Edited byMichal Oppenheim
Production
company

Film Base Berlin
Laila Films
Distributed byFilms Boutique
Release date

  • 4 July 2017 (2017-07-04) (KVIFF)[1]
Running time
104 minutes
CountryIsrael
Germany
Language

  • English

  • Hebrew

  • German

Box office$1.2 million[2][3]

The Cakemaker (in Hebrew האופה מברלין haOfeh miBerlin) is a 2017 Israeli-German drama film directed by Ofir Raul Grazier. It stars Sarah Adler, Tim Kalkhof, Zohar Strauss and Roy Miller.[4][5]


It premiered at the 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. It was part of the Official Selection - Competition and won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.[6] It received the 2018 Ophir Award for best picture,[7] and was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[8]




Contents





  • 1 Plot


  • 2 Cast


  • 3 Production


  • 4 Reaction

    • 4.1 Accolades



  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links




Plot


Thomas, a young, solitary German baker, is having an affair with a married Israeli man named Oren, who frequently visits Berlin on business. When Oren fails to return Thomas's calls one day, Thomas discovers that he died in an accident in Israel, and he goes to Jerusalem and visits the cafe of Oren's widow, Anat. Without revealing his identity, he gets a job in the cafe's kitchen and rents an apartment in the city. Though at first he is not allowed to make food, as it puts the cafe at risk of losing its kosher certification, Anat eventually tries some baked goods that Thomas made for her son's birthday and allows him to make food.


Thomas learns more about Anat's life and her family, including her brother-in-law, Motti, who is initially suspicious of him. He also grows closer to Anat, who is still grieving her husband's death despite her awareness of his infidelity. Anat is continuously tempted to look through Oren's personal effects, which include notes from his lover and a second phone. Eventually, while preparing a large volume of baked goods for a catering order, Anat makes an advance on Thomas, who hesitantly reciprocates; the two have a short affair, which begins to lift Anat's spirits. The affair makes Thomas ruminate on his time with Oren, including one of their final trysts, where Oren dismissed the idea of revealing the affair to his wife.


Anat finds a shopping list written in German among Oren's personal effects, including the name of the Berlin cafe where Thomas works. Anat tells Thomas that Oren told her he was having an affair, and planned on leaving her and their son in Jerusalem to start a new life in Berlin. Anat forced him to leave the house, and he died in a car accident on his way to a hotel. Both Anat and Thomas are separately overwhelmed with guilt and grief. Later, Anat discovers that her kosher certification has been revoked, making all the catered goods worthless. While trying to deal with the situation, she discovers a note in Oren's effects with Thomas's handwriting. After rebooting Oren's second phone, she discovers more than a dozen voicemail messages from Thomas, and realizes that he was her husband's lover. Motti forces Thomas to leave Jerusalem immediately saying they don't want him here and he must never return to Israel.


Three months later, Anat's cafe is successful but isn't recertified. Anat travels to Berlin, where she spots Thomas coming out of his cafe from a distance. After watching him depart, she looks up at the sky and smiles.



Cast



  • Tim Kalkhof [de] as Thomas


  • Sarah Adler as Anat


  • Zohar Strauss as Motti


  • Roy Miller [he] as Oren


  • Tamir Ben-Yehuda as Itai


Production


Financing of The Cakemaker took 6 years [i]. The Jerusalem Film Fund[ii]supported the production of the film, but the funding was insufficient. The film was presented in the Berlinale Talents[iii], the Agora Film Market[iv]and the Cannes Marche du Film, but received no support. After 19 rejection letters from the film funds, and with only the support of the Jerusalem Film Fund, The Cakemaker was shot on a budget of $90,000 in 20 days, in 2 countries, Germany and Israel[v]. Following a first cut the film received additional financing from the Rabinovich Foundation[vi] and the Cinelab post production award[vii], which allowed the film to be finished. The Cakemaker was then acquired by the international Sales company Films Boutique[viii]



Reaction


The Cakemaker had its first screening in the market at Cannes for buyers and distributers. It was acquired for distribution in Japan and the USA[i]. The official premiere was in the Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2017 in the main competition.The Cakemaker was honored by a standing ovation that lasted 10 minutes[ii], and won the Ecumenical Jury Award[iii]. A month later in the Jerusalem Film Festival, The Cakemaker won two awards – the Lia Van Leer Award and the Best Editing Award[iv]. Subsequently The Cakemaker participated in numerous film festivals worldwide, winning 11 awards, and is distributed in 22 countries.


In North America The Cakemaker is distributed by Strand Releasing[v]. It is one of the their most successful titles and is highly regarded by the press. The Cakemaker is the Critics Pick at the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.


The New York Time’s critic Jeannette Catsoulis wrote: “Like a patient baker, filmmaker Grazier sees no reason to rush what happens between Thomas and Anat, and these two become key parts of each other’s lives so gradually, the acting and directing are so precisely right, that we believe what transpires.”[vi]


Godfrey Cheshire from rogerebert.com refers to the film as “a terrifically impressive feature debut”. He wrote:“Watching it, the film’s intelligent, well-crafted story and beautifully drawn characters seem to suggest literary roots. But, examine those virtues more closely and it becomes evident that here they’re owed to a form of storytelling that’s essentially cinematic, one that depends on a quality that distinguishes this film throughout: its extraordinary delicacy and restraint.” [vii]


Walter V. Addiego from the San Francisco Chronicle states that ‟Graizer takes his time and never feels the need to spell everything out, and The Cakemaker is a testament to what filmmakers can achieve when they trust the audience.”[viii]


The Cakemaker was released on streaming services November 2018, and sold to the North American division of Neflix. Its score on rottentomatoes.com is 98%[ix].


In 2018 The Cakemaker won 7 Ophir awards by the Israeli Academy of Film and Television, and became Israel’s official entry to the 2019 Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category[x]. It was sold for a remake in USA[xi].



Accolades






































































































































































Award / Film Festival
Year
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result

Ref(s)

Adelaide Film Festival

2017
International Feature Award

Nominated

Awards of the Israeli Film Academy

2018
Best Film

Won
Best Director
Ofir Raul Graizer
Won

Best Actress
Sarah Adler
Won

Best Screenplay
Ofir Raul Graizer
Won

Best Editing
Michal Oppenheim
Won

Best Art Direction
Yael Bibel
Won

Best Sound
Avi Mizrahi
Won

Best Cinematography
Omri Aloni
Nominated

Best Costume Design
Lital Goldfine
Nominated


Berlin Jewish Film Festival

2018
Gershon Klein Award

Best Director


Ofir Raul Graizer
Won

Gershon Klein Award

Best Israeli Film



Won

Chicago International Film Festival

2017
Gold Hugo

New Directors Competition


Ofir Raul Graizer
Nominated

Gold Q-Hugo
Ofir Raul Graizer
Nominated


Festival du Cinéma Israelién de Montréal

2018
Jury Prize
Ofir Raul Graizer
Won


Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2018
Best First Film
Ofir Raul Graizer
Nominated


Hamburg Film Festival

2017
Young Talent Award

Nominated

International Film Festival & Awards Macao

2017
Best Film

Nominated

Jerusalem Film Festival

2017
The Lia Van Leer Award
Ofir Raul Graizer
Won

Haggiag Award

Best Editing


Michal Oppenheim
Won

Haggiag Award

Best Israeli Feature



Nominated

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
2017

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Won


Crystal Globe

Nominated


Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival

2018
Audience Award

Won

London Film Festival

2017
Sutherland Award

First Feature Competition


Ofir Raul Graizer
Nominated


Miami Jewish Film Festival

2018
The Critics Prize

Won

Molodist International Film Festival

2018
Special Jury Diploma

Won
Best LGBTQ Film

Nominated

Pride Pictures

2018
Debut Film Award
Ofir Raul Graizer
Won


Provincetown International Film Festival

2018
John Schlesinger Award
Ofir Raul Graizer
Won


San Sebastián International Film Festival

2017
Best Film

Nominated

Satellite Awards
2019

Best Foreign Language Film

Nominated
[9]

Würzburg International Filmweekend

2018
Audience Award

Nominated


See also


  • List of submissions to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

  • List of Israeli submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film


References




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  7. ^ "The Cakemaker’s sweet Ophir win". The Jerusalem Post, September 7, 2018.


  8. ^ Caspi, David (6 September 2018). "Oscars: Israel Selects 'The Cakemaker' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 September 2018.


  9. ^ "2018 Awards Nominees". International Press Academy. Retrieved December 10, 2018.




External links



  • The Cakemaker on IMDb

  • Ofir Raul Graizer on IMDb
  • Official Website ofir-raul-graizer.com


  • The Cakemaker on RottenTomatoes.com

  • Interview on Cineuropa

  • Interview on Screendaily

  • Interview on The Hollywood Reporter

  • Interview on Variety

  • Interview on The Wrap

  • Interview with Sydney Levin






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