estômago means stomach in portuguese and that is the title of this wonderfully delicious 2007 brazilian food film directed by marcos jorge. of all the films that have story lines derived from something to do with food i have to say it ranks at the top, if not the best, for food related plot and quirky lovable characters that i have had the pleasure view.
rather than write a synopsis of my own i have borrowed a good one from the imdb website that doesn’t spoil the movie for those who wish to see it.
The naive immigrant from the Northeast Raimundo Nonato has just arrived in São Paulo and is hungry and without money. After eating in a smalltime restaurant, the owner Zulmiro offers him to clean the kitchen to pay the bill. On the next morning, he offers a job to Nonato, cooking and cleaning the kitchen; in return, he would eat and sleep in a small storage room, but without salary. The restaurant becomes a sensation with Nonato's appetizers "coxinha" and "pastel" and attracts the attention of Giovanni, the owner of the classy Italian restaurant Boccaccio, who offers a better job for him in the kitchen of his restaurant and teaches him the secrets of a good meal. Meanwhile, Nonato falls in love for the always hungry streetwalker Íria, who refuses to kiss Nonato, although they have sex. Events take a turn for the worse and Raimundo Nonato a.k.a. "Alecrim" arrives in prison, sharing a cell with seven prisoners leaded by Bujiú. When the despised Nonato offers to improve their food cooking in the cell, he climbs in the inner hierarchy, sleeping no longer on the floor, but in the bunk bed immediately below Bujiú and earning respect from the other inmates. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
this film garnered 17 awards and 14 nominations
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