Mestari Cheng

2019 [FINNISH]

Comedy / Drama / Romance

3
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 3555 3.6K

chef chinese immigrant

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Plot summary

Cheng, 45, a restaurant owner from China, has travelled with his young son halfway around the world to a remote village in Finland. His wife died recently in an accident, and Cheng wanted to have a break from everything by traveling with his son to see an old Finnish friend who lives on a farm in the countryside of Finland. It’s the most remote place Cheng can imagine with endless forests, thousands of lakes, a country with entire population of one-fifth of Cheng’s home town, Shanghai.

Director

Mika Kaurismäki Photo
Mika Kaurismäki

Top cast

Anna-Maija Tuokko Photo
Anna-Maija Tuokko as Sirkka
Kari Väänänen Photo
Kari Väänänen as Romppainen
Pak Hon Chu Photo
Pak Hon Chu as Cheng
Vesa-Matti Loiri Photo
Vesa-Matti Loiri as Vilppula
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1003.53 MB
1280*536
Finnish 2.0
Atp
Subtitles
25 fps
1 hr 49 min
Seeds 4
2.01 GB
1920*804
Finnish 5.1
Atp
Subtitles
25 fps
1 hr 49 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

Pak Hon Chu ("Cheng") and his young son

Pak Hon Chu ("Cheng") and his young son "Niu Niu" (Lucas Hsuan) get off a bus in a rural Finnish town looking for a fellow called "Fongtron". None of the locals have ever heard of this chap, and they seem to be stranded. Luckily, local diner owner "Sirkka" (Anna-Maija Tuokko) has spare room. Now her diner is not exactly gourmet! Sausages and mash are the staple (only) thing on the menu. When a busload of Chinese tourists are stuck when their bus breaks down, she offers to feed them but they are less than impressed with the fayre. Enter "Cheng" who raids the local supermarket and manages to prepare a noodle dish that goes down a storm. The two start to realise that working together they can make a go of her diner and she can help him find his man. For me, the star is the rather recalcitrant young lad who is glued to his phone and bored witless most of the time. The relationship elements are all a bit predictable, as is the typically sad backstory that led the father and son to seek their erstwhile benefactor, but there are also some entertaining character parts from her local customers "Romppainen" (Kari Väänänen) and his sidekick "Vilppula" (Vesa-Matti Lori) who remind you just how brutal a sauna can be when there are branches involved. It has a warmth to it this, and is good fun.
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Reviewed by putneychick 8 / 10

Beautiful and heartwarming

I'm Chinese so was puzzled with the title when I happened to turn onto Netflix this evening. What a pleasant surprise watching this film and bringing back food memories seeing him cook those dishes. Setting was unusual -in Finland and actors were extremely understated so no Hollywood frills which made this movie very different and lovely to watch. Blend of some Chinese music as well as times and I was so happy that I could understand the Chinese language even though I had not used it for years due to me living in Denmark for 20 years. The landscapes were just breathtaking.

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