Crystal Globe Competition 2021 / Boiling Point / United Kingdom 2020
The shift has hardly begun for head chef Andy and he’s already behind with everything. His restaurant is overbooked, there’s a disgruntled inspector combing the kitchen and, if that weren’t enough, a culinary icon and a respected food critic have turned up for dinner. Via a single, continuous shot, we are launched into what proves to be a very hectic evening… The superb Stephen Graham takes the lead role in a British film about anyone who’s ever been stressed out at work and got themselves into a stew.
Head chef Andy’s shift has hardly begun at his restaurant and he’s already behind with everything. It’s the last Friday before Christmas and everyone wants to treat themselves to great food. The hostess has overbooked, a disgruntled inspector is combing the kitchen and, if that weren’t enough, Andy’s mentor, a culinary icon, shows up unannounced with his partner, a respected food critic. Things just couldn’t get any worse. Via a single, continuous shot, we are launched into what proves to be a very hectic evening… This British film starring the superb Stephen Graham hurtles along at a relentless tempo reflecting the pace of life in the gastro business. But it will certainly chime with anyone who’s ever been stressed out at work and got themselves into a stew.
Martin Horyna
94 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Philip Barantini
/ Screenplay James Cummings, Philip Barantini
/ Dir. of Photography Matthew Lewis
/ Editor Alex Fountian
/ Art Director Aimee Meek
/ Producer Bart Ruspoli, Hester Ruoff
/ Production Ascendant Films, Burton Fox Films
/ Coproduction Three Little Birds, Matriarch Productions, Alpine Films, White Hot Productions, Insight Media Fund, Urban Way, Bromantics
/ Cast Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson, Jason Flemyng, Ray Panthaki, Malachi Kirby, Lourdes Faberes, Alice Feetham, Izuka Hoyle, Hannah Walters, Taz Skylar, Lauryn Ajufo
/ Sales Charades
Philip Barantini (1980, Liverpool). Selected filmography: Seconds Out (2019, short), Boiling Point (2019, short), Spanish Pigeon (2020, short), Villain (2020), Boiling Point (2020).
Charades
38 Boulevard Raspail, 75007, Paris
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Philip Barantini
Film Director
Lourdes Faberes
Actress
Bart Ruspoli
Producer
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