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Sugar and Stars

2023 · 110 min

A heartfelt underdog climb through kitchen pressure and craft, warm and earnest, cheering for quiet persistence over flashy triumph.

Directed by
Sébastien Tulard
Genres
Drama
Starring
Riadh Belaïche, Loubna Abidar, Patrick d'Assumçao
Overview
Raised in foster and group homes, Yazid pursues his lifelong passion for pastry to work with top chefs and become the best.

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Directed by
Sébastien Tulard
Genres
Drama
Starring
Riadh Belaïche, Loubna Abidar, Patrick d'Assumçao
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • found family
  • identity
  • work
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Sébastien Tulard
Written by
Sébastien Tulard, Cédric Ido
Starring
Riadh Belaïche, Loubna Abidar, Patrick d'Assumçao, Christine Citti, Alioune Sané, Frédéric Fix, Pascal Légitimus, Dicosh
Cinematography
Pierre Dejon
Runtime
110 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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