Mostly Martha
- Release Date
- September 9, 2001
- Director
- Sandra Nettelbeck
- Cast
- Martina Gedeck , Maxime Foerste , Sergio Castellitto , August Zirner , Sibylle Canonica , Katja Studt
- Runtime
- 109
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Writers
- Sandra Nettelbeck
Summary
Chef Martha is the grand master of her kitchen and the German restaurant in which she cooks. Her entire life is centered around her obsessive love of cooking. Even in therapy, she constantly relishes here cooking and the control she exercises over her domain. Martha's life changes dramatically, however, when her sister is killed in an automobile accident, leaving her 8 year-old daughter. Martha takes care of the young girl while she tries to find her estranged father. The child is stubborn and challenges Martha at home at the same time that Martha is also facing a challenge in her professional life from a new chef hired at her restaurant. The pressures of both work and home now combine to make Martha's life a pressure-cooker and force her to re-examine her life.
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