Toast

A warm, bittersweet coming-of-age memoir where food and family friction simmer into quiet triumph.

Directed by

SJ Clarkson

Genres

Drama, Comedy, History

Starring

Freddie Highmore, Ken Stott, Victoria Hamilton

Tagline

The Story of a Boy's Hunger

Overview

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.

How it feels

Warm, melancholic, earnest and light. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Coming-of-age, family, grief, identity

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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