Film Review 3: Dough

Title: Dough

Countries: UK and Hungary

Year: 2015

Genre: Dramatic comedy

Runtime: 1 hour and 34 minutes

Languages: English

Directed by: John Goldschmidt

Written by: Jonathan Benson and Jez Freedman
Music by: Lorne Balfe

Cinematography by: Peter Hannah
Cast: Jonathan Pryce (Nat Dayan), Philip Davis (Sam Cotton), Jerome Holder (Ayyash Habimana), Ian Hart (Victor Gerrard), Pauline Collins (Joanna Silverman), Andrew Ellis (Lucas), Malachi Kirby (Shaun), Natasha Gordon (Safa Habimana), Daniel Catagirone (Stephen Dayan), Andy de la Tour (Saul Goodwyn), Melanie Freeman (Olivia Dayan), Joel Beckett (PC O'Neill), Ben Bishop (PC Marsh), Matt Beveridge (Stoner) and Daniel Ben Zanou (Rabbi).

Plot:

Nat Dayan, an old Jewish baker from East London, strives to maintain the activity of his store, facing competition from a nearby supermarket, which even takes away his employee. Without much enthusiasm, he hired as a trainee a young Muslim immigrant from Darfur, who occasionally sells cannabis. Their relationship is not easy until an unexpected incident reactivates sales.

My review:

Money makes the world go round, and even more if you have a competence that is taking away your clients and workers since you do not produce enough money to mantain, in this case, a bakery. This story is telling us the complications of working with an apprentice, whose culture is different from Nat, a jewish. When Ayyash accidentally introduces cannabis in the bakery machine the store suddenly becomes a success... but not for too long. Sam Cotton, Nat's rival, discovered that Cannabis was the secret ingredient and decided to buy some muffins to prove it. Will Sam Cotton win this competence battle or will it happen a miracle to Dayan and Son bakery?

The plot was simple but well explained since it has some details on what is going on Nat Dayan's family and why Ayyash is an occasional cannabis seller. The acting was well done, especially for Jerome Holder, who has done a few films and TV series, and I percieve he is having a good start on acting. The conclusion of this review is that the film was surprisingly entertaining and quite hilarious.

Film mark: 6,4 out of 10


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