Because whether it is French cuisine synonymous with nobility and style, or the colorful and rich and exotic Indian cuisine, the shots and scenes of the film are too stingy. Obviously, the main theme is not only "tips", but more. The taste between lips and teeth first leads to the stomach, but finally touches the heart, "food is memory"-food is memory. When emotions are injected into food, the two are related to each other, and it miraculously becomes immortal. .
When the Michelin-starred restaurant that represents the tastes of the upper class of society encounters Indian food stalls that are close to the people, it is also the essence of food that is condensed from tradition and culture. At the beginning of the film, what strikes is not the spark of passion and creation, but the encounter Hand in hand. On one side is Ms. Mallory (Helen Mirren), the chef of the Michelin-starred restaurant with decent and defensive power, and on the other side is the experienced, persistent and kind father Haji. Stop-"War" is no longer a competition between food and cooking, but gradually rises to class exclusion and opposition between natives and immigrants, and even faintly ignited the signs of ethnic contradictions. In a "beating, smashing, looting, and burning" by the star chefs, the contradiction was intensified to the climax and reached the climax of the film, but then it turned around and the story began to reverse in the opposite direction. With the sincere kindness of the genius chef Hasan (Manish Dayal), he embarked on the ice-breaking journey. The addition of Hasan has not only become Ms. Mallory's "God Assist" in pursuing Michelin stars, it has also provided an excellent training place for Hasan's own development to the peak of achievement. However, at the moment when he was about to reach the peak, the exciting music came to an abrupt end. The genius Hasan decided to join forces with "memories and feelings" to win his Michelin star, and the story ended in a perfect ending.
It can be thought of as an inspirational movie about "Grassroots Kitchen God quickly counterattacks Michelin Kitchen God"; it can also be regarded as a romantic love story between two elderly and young people triggered by gourmet food; It is thought of as-if local food wants to enter the foreign market, it is necessary to know how to adapt to local conditions, learn from the skills of the foreigners, and know yourself and the enemy before you can gain a foothold; or-immigration, the hardship of survival movie... In short, so much is said. The relationship with food seems to be non-existent and vague, and its "selfish thoughts" of using food to tell stories is already obvious.
Feelings are in food. The crazy pursuit of Michelin stars by chefs is tantamount to pupils' desire for small red flowers, and even worse. The Michelin star symbolizes the lofty honor, trust and affirmation given by the authoritative industry and society. Identity and status are external objects. Talent and culinary skills are the real contest between masters. For this reason, Hasan’s goddess Margaret (Charlotte Leben), the sous chef of Ms. Mallory, who has been nurtured and nurtured by a good family since childhood, faces the exceptionally gifted Hasan, although If you have admiration, you can't avoid jealousy, and secretly compete with it. But because of talent and understanding, Margaret also had to bow down to the true god-level chef, except for her jealousy, and treat her with sincerity. The genius is like a mountain, and the double richness and sensitivity of the tip of the tongue and the feeling are like a mountain. Abandoning the evaluation of the three-star chef, returning to the starting point of initial nurturing and stimulating creativity, join hands with lovers and relatives to pursue a Michelin three-star that belongs to everyone. Mountains, feelings and food are combined into one, transforming each other, not only giving food to the soul, but also making memories immortal. Compared with the simple, desperate pursuit of success, the former seems to be able to appreciate the taste of life, and has reached the top of the industry without realizing it.
"Why leave the UK? Because the vegetables there have no soul and no feelings." Feelings, perhaps a master key, can open all the doors to success, provided that the key will shed tears.
The cold Ms. Mallory. Since "Queen", Helen Mirren's grasp of powerful female characters has been added to the wooden three points. There is no lack of sexiness in the strong, and there is no lack of charm in the sexiness. The calm and slanting eyes and the proud and arrogant attitude are enough to make all the lack of self-confidence and inadequate talents fled into despair. Helen's overwhelmingly powerful aura is comparable to Meryl Streep, or even as good. In the film, she vividly interprets a noble, elegant, strong, mean, but decent, upper-class French woman. If you count the highlights of this movie, Aunt Mirren, with its own spike function, deserves to press the axis from beginning to end.
As far as the plot is concerned, Hasan’s feelings for food and cooking training between childhood and youth were not sufficiently laid out and exaggerated, which led to the rapid counterattack in the later period that was too fascinating. Secondly, the focus of the film is on the relationship between the characters, which are two emotional lines-Ms. Mallory and Papa Haji, Hasan and Margaret. Ms. Mallory and Daddy Haji, from the upstairs confronting each other, calling for a declaration of war, to a roadside relaxation, and then to a historical leap, stepping into the "enemies" of the "enemies", and then digging people, making peace, and celebrating Festivals, becoming friends, etc., completed a series of transformations in the relationship between characters; Hasan and Margaret went from falling in love at first sight to discussing food and becoming friends, to becoming an "enemy" in a tense relationship, and then separating and thinking until finally becoming a partner. Relatives, compared to the last episode of "Twilight Love" full of gunpowder and twists and turns, the twists and turns experienced by this couple who are just beginning their love affair are much fresher and gentler. Contradiction generates confrontation, and confrontation intensifies contradiction. For this film that can think of divergent thinking into four themes or more (there are mentioned above), it is a little bit scattered, a bit shallow, and a bit mediocre, but the ideological orientation that it conveys to the audience is Accurate, peaceful, and warm.
Condensing the main point of the film is that emotions must be blended with gourmet food, which is truly lively, thoughtful, artistic and capable of reaching the innermost vitality of delicacies. Innovation is good? Innovation is good, but when innovation is divorced from the basis of the masses, away from the local air and pot air, and innovation is the only motive, food may surpass its own function and become a test product. In order to stimulate the nerves of taste, he blindly pursued breakthroughs. It has nothing to do with art and the same feelings. This is also an important reason why Hasan finally returned to the town.
The mode of telling stories through food is the habitual method of food movies and documentaries. Among the few food movies, "Michelin Love" is not outstanding, or even an excellent one, but the emotions and food philosophy contained therein, as well as rice Aunt Lun’s brilliant performance and the picturesque scenery of the French town, this dish is not unpalatable.
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