Mostly Martha

– Martha is a single woman who lives for one passion: cooking. The head chef at a chic restaurant, Mar..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 49 Minutes
Release Year:
2001
Original Name:
Bella Martha
Mostly Martha (2001) - Also known as Bella Martha

Martha is a single woman who lives for one passion: cooking. The head chef at a chic restaurant, Martha has no time for anything - or anyone - else. But Martha's solitary life is shaken when a fateful accident brings her sister's eight-year-old daughter, Lina, to her doorstep.

Mostly Martha (2001) - Trailer

Release Date:

27 Sep 2002

Language:

German, Italian

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Sandra Nettelbeck

Writer:

Sandra Nettelbeck

Main Actors:

Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellitto, August Zirner

Plot:

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.

Awards:

14 wins & 7 nominations.

Gross profit:

$4,041,973

Production:

Paramount Classics

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
Metacritic:
72%