Toast

Toast

2010 · 96 min · EN · NR · 6.6 (272 votes)
Dir. SJ Clarkson · Starring Freddie Highmore, Ken Stott, Victoria Hamilton, Oscar Kennedy, Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew McNulty · Music Ruth Barrett

“The Story of a Boy's Hunger”

DramaComedyHistoryFamily

Young Nigel Slater has big culinary aspirations, even though all his mother knows how to make is toast. When his mother dies, relations grow strained between Nigel and his father, especially when he remarries a woman who wins his heart with a lemon meringue pie. Nigel enters culinary school, starts working in a pub, and finds himself competing with his stepmother - both in the kitchen and for his father's attention.

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A warm, sensory journey back to 1960s Britain. It's a tender exploration of childhood memories, family dynamics, and the comforting power of food, all wrapped in a gentle, nostalgic glow.

nostalgicbittersweetwistfulcharmingsteadyperiod dramacoming-of-agekitchen sink realismautobiographicalchildhoodfamilyidentityfood
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