Movie

The Chef of South Polar

2009 · 125 min

A gentle, quietly funny hangout film where warmth and homesickness are cooked into every meal.

Overview: When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions, food becomes their new existence.
How it feels: Warm, whimsical, melancholic and light. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, friendship, found family, work
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
friendship
found family
work
healing
Places: wilderness
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none