Master Cheng

Master Cheng (2019)

Mestari Cheng

Suite au décès de son épouse, le chef professionnel CHENG se rend avec son jeune fils dans un village éloigné de Finlande pour rencontrer un vieil ami finlandais rencontré à Shanghai. À son arrivée, personne dans le village ne semble connaître son ami, mais la propriétaire du café local Sirkka lui propose un hébergement. En retour, Cheng l’aide dans sa cuisine à surprendre les locaux avec les délices de la cuisine chinoise. Progressivement, sa cuisine encourage ces cultures très différentes à se connecter et Cheng est bientôt un membre célèbre de la communauté. Malheureusement, son visa de touriste va bientôt être épuisé et il appartient aux villageois d'élaborer un plan pour l'aider à rester.

Date de sortie
2019-09-27
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (73)
Durée
1 h 54 min
Genres
Drame, Comédie
Réalisateur
Mika Kaurismäki

Distribution

Anecdotes

Master Cheng is a 2019 Finnish romantic drama comedy film directed by Mika Kaurismäki. The film stars Anna-Maija Tuokko, Chu Pak Hong, Kari Väänänen, Lucas Hsuan and Vesa-Matti Loiri, with dialogue in English, Finnish and Mandarin.

Production

Most of the filming was done in the village of Raattama in northern Kittilä. The village has about 160 inhabitants and sits between the Ounasjoki river and the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park.

Two-thirds of the film's budget of €2.9 million came from China. The film was shot for six weeks in summer 2018 in Raattama, Sodankylä, and in China.

The film premiered in Finland on 27 September 2019 and had its Chinese premiere in January 2020 during the Chinese New Year.

The film won the first prize in the public's choice awards at the Lübeck Nordic Film Days festival in autumn 2019 and received 93% of the votes, which was a new record during the festival's history.

The film was sold to many countries. It received its premiere in Germany on 30 July 2020 in 146 cinemas, gaining a huge public success. The film received its premiere in Austria on the same day. Next the film came to cinemas in Switzerland on 20 August 2020 and later in autumn in the United Kingdom and Japan.

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