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Short Order is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 1 january 2005 with Emma de Caunes
Short Order (2005)
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Add to a movie listShort Order is a 2005 Irish drama film written and directed by Anthony Byrne. It was released in Ireland on 1 March 2005. Later on during the Dinard Festival of British Cinema, it was released in France on 6 October 2005. It was released at Newport Beach International Film Festival on April 26, 2006 in the USA and was later released as Life Is A Buffet on 16 May 2008. Spain saw the release at Seville Film Festival on 7 November 2006. The Germany release was on 25 October 2012. Some parts of the dialogues are versed in German, Spanish and Italian, during the course of the movie, interactions between the casts, etc. Although the movie is in English, only few parts of the dialogues are in the other languages.
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Fifi is an accomplished young chef who is constantly hounded with offers for her talents. Her food is so delicious that it takes on sexual symbol of its own and no one can look at food in the same way again. The film (drama) takes the viewers through the life and daily (night life here) of the chefs and the way they look at the work and how much they crave about food.Actors
Emma de Caunes
(Fiona)
Rade Šerbedžija
(Paulo Federico)
Cosma Shiva Hagen
(Catherine)
Jack Dee
(Harry Melville)
Vanessa Redgrave
(Marianne)
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