A Taste of Hunger Review: Coster-Waldau Is Brilliant In Excellent Foodie Drama
A Taste of Hunger is unlike most foodie dramas, borrowing techniques commonly used for thrillers and action films. Christoffer Boe’s latest feature is the most intense film about ambitious chefs to date. Just as a chef seeks to create a balance of taste, visuals, and scents in their cooking, Boe emulates that with his film. A Taste of Hunger is a luscious production that lures viewers in through its well-crafted visual aesthetic, its sweeping epic score, and two brilliant central performances.
A Danish power couple, Maggie (Katrine Greis-Rosenthal) and Carsten (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), run a popular restaurant in Copenhagen. The two are intensely drawn to their work as chefs and as lifetime foodies. The couple is willing to sacrifice everything to achieve their dream of getting the coveted Michelin star. However, internal and external drama threatens to prevent the two from reaching their goals, and ultimately, disrupt their pursuit of perfection.
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As someone who loves to eat, but does not necessarily eat gourmet, A Taste of Hungerwas truly a trying time. Some of the meals pictured with exquisite lighting and framing by cinematographer Manuel Alberto Claro looked downright inedible, but the ones that did catch the eye brought upon an unrequited love. Watching people cook or bake brilliant yet odd-looking food is difficult because humanity has not managed to advance to a stage in technology where one can reach through the screen and grab a plate to try. So, the title of the film is, in many ways, very apt for this viewing experience.
The film is, on one hand, a drama about two overly ambitious and passionate chefs trying to achieve a coveted
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