Bon Appétit (film)
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| Directed by | David Pinillos |
| Produced by | Pedro Uriol |
| Screenplay by | David Pinillos Juan Carlos Rubio Paco Cabezas |
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Unax Ugalde Nora Tschirner Giulio Berruti Herbert Knaup Elena Irureta Xenia Tostado Alfonso Da Costa |
| Music by | Marcel Vaid |
| Cinematography | Mario Suances |
| Edited by | Fernando Franco |
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Morena Films
Zodiac Pictures Egoli Tossell |
| Distributed by | Vértice Cine Warner Bros |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | Switzerland Spain Germany |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,000,000 |
| Box office | $8,050,000 |
Bon Appétit is a 2010 romantic drama film directed by David Pinillos and written by Juan Carlos Rubio, David Pinillos and Paco Cabezas. The story is based on a young Spanish chef working at a prestigious restaurant in Zurich, Switzerland. He falls in love with a work-partner but she is in love with their boss. The film features Unax Ugalde and Nora Tschirner.
Daniel (Unax Ugalde) is a young and ambitious Spanish chef who just realized his dream: working at a famous restaurant managed by star chef Thomas Wackerle (Herbert Knaup). Due to his extraordinary talent, Daniel soon progresses in Wackerle's demanding kitchen. He is attracted to Hanna (Nora Tschirner), the attractive sommelier of the restaurant.
One evening, Daniel and Hanna are walking in the city, talking about life, love, and relationships. Daniel expresses his opinion that love isn't at all like a romantic movie. After saying this, Hanna kisses Daniel. This unexpected situation provides a turning point in Daniel's tidy and organized life. He faces a difficult question: Is it worth risking your professional career for love?
Bon Appétit is a film telling the story of friends who dare to cross the thin line dividing friendship and romantic love. The film talks about conventional people and includes scenes shot in some of the most picturesque places of Zurich, Switzerland.
Bon Appétit is the first film who David Pinillos realizes. Pedro Uriol, the producer, said that he and Pinillos are very long friends and they meet themselves since many years. Uriol saw many good quailities in Pinillos. Nowadays, Pinillos was only editing worker but Pinillos has many experiences in cinema and he had the two most imporante qualities for a director: sensitivity and technique according to Uriol. The screenplay was written by David Pinillos, Juan Carlos Rubio and Paco Cabezas.
Pinillos had worked with important directors like editing worker like Álex de la Iglesia or Daniel Sánchez Arévalo and he knew many cinema genders like comedy or drama. Pinillos wanted to tell a story about that "thin red line" that divides love and friendship and everybody have crossed some times and that event gets complicated and changes the life. Both Pinillos and Uriol want a character who goes to another country because that implies to start again because, according to Pinillos and Uriol, it's so curious like a person to open one's heart to foreign people is easier like family or friends. Pinillos said that Bon Appétit is inspired in American film Before Sunrise by Richard Linklater and the French film L'Auberge espagnole by Cédric Klapisch.
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