Mostly Martha Page #2

Synopsis: In a German restaurant, Chef Martha Klein is the undisputed supreme ruler of the kitchen staff and woe to any customer who would dare criticize her cooking. Her life is firmly centered around cooking which takes on a obsessive level with stubborn single mindedness. Even when she is ordered to take therapy, she still constantly talks about her work and the iron clad control she relishes in her task. All that changes when her sister dies in a car accident, leaving her 8 year old daughter, Lina. Martha takes her niece in and while making enquiries for her estranged father, she struggles to care for this stubbornly headstrong child. Meanwhile at work, a new chef named Mario is hired on and Martha feels threatened by this unorthodox intruder. The pressures of both her private and work life combine to create a situation that will fundamentally call her attitudes and life choices into question while these interlopers into her life begin to profoundly change it.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Sandra Nettelbeck
Production: Paramount Classics
  14 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
PG
Year:
2001
109 min
$4,041,973
Website
676 Views


Like the guy at table 17

who brings a different chick

every Friday:
rich but uptight!

The special for the Steinbergs.

No salad for him.

she wants it after the fish.

If he stares at my tits again,

he's in for it!

Tip or no tip.

Now I've to ask him

to be patient!

You must eat something.

Could someone

answer the damn phone!

If it's my sister,

I'll be home at one.

Yes, she's here.

Martha, for you

I'm busy!

Keep an eye on it

Yes...?

I'm on my way

Hello, dear, it's me again

I wanted to let you know

we'll be late.

I had to see Lina's teacher,

and that took forever,

so we hit the road

way too late.

I don't know what time it is now,

but I've got about 200 km to go.

So don't worry

when I'm not there.

See you, bye.

Miss Klein?

Have you seen Lina yet?

I was just going to.

No one has told her

about her mother yet.

Do you know

how to reach her father?

Christin didn't keep

in touch with him.

I don't even know his name.

-I see.

Excuse me.

Lina hasn't touched her food.

Could you talk to her?

She should eat something.

I will.

-Good luck.

Does it hurt real bad?

Don't you want to eat anything?

You know what?

When they let you out,

I'll cook you

the best dinner you've ever had.

Is Mom dead?

Yes.

If Martha doesn't find a replacement

soon, I'll have my baby right here.

My friend has been

in bed for 6 weeks...

In the tank,

a lobster eats itself

slowly from the inside.

You have to weigh

it when you buy it.

If it's not as heavy as it looks,

it has been in the tank too long

Some people still kill a lobster

by throwing it in boiling water.

But by now everyone knows

that for the animal

it's the most agonizing death,

because it takes

so long for it to die.

The best way to kill a lobster is

with a well-placed stab in the neck.

It's quickest

I'll be right there.

Go home, Martha.

I just need a minute.

I'll be all right.

You don't understand.

It's no suggestion.

I want you to go home.

I've brought us something.

I'm not hungry.

Neither am l.

Would you rather get some sleep?

I'm not tired.

This Friday you can go home.

Did you know that?

-Yes.

You and I need to talk

about what to do.

Can I go back home?

I'm afraid you can't.

Why not?

You'd be all alone there.

I've been alone a lot.

But your Mom would

always come home.

Why can't I live with my father?

What do you know

about your father?

He's called Giuseppe.

Giuseppe.

Do you know his last name?

From ltaly.

Well, that's a start.

I'll try and find

your father, Lina.

And in the meantime you could

live with me,

if you like.

What do you think?

-Until you find him?

Until I find him.

I don't want to eat.

Rather have something else?

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Sandra Nettelbeck

Sandra Nettelbeck (born 4 April 1966) is a German film director and screenwriter, best known for her film Mostly Martha (2001). more…

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