FeedChef’s Special Is A Delicious Movie Treat
Written by NetBear on October 16, 2009 – 1:59 pm -Bright, breezy and briskly directed by Nacho G. Velilla, Spanish delight Chef’s Special was the Opening Night of the Lincoln Center’s Spanish Cinema Now and even had The New York Times declaring it “a raucous comedy.” But we just like it cuz of the bearish Chef Maxi!
The Chef (Camára) has plenty on his plate. Between running a high-end restaurant, keeping it in the black and corralling his unpredictable staff, who could begrudge him a foul-mouthed outburst, or two, or several? His best gal pal and next door neighbor Alex (Dueñas) is desperate to find a good man while sous-chef Ramiro can’t put his hard-partying days behind him.
Add to the mix an unexpected reunion with two estranged children and a blossoming gay romance with a closeted international athlete, and you’ve got one troubled gourmet. Now the Michelin Guide food critic is coming to review his restaurant and it whips Maxi into such a frenzy the he must learn to juggle the new dynamics his children and lover bring to the table, with over-the-top, hilarious results.
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The movie releases on video October 20th from TLA Releasing.
Here’s the trailer for the film. It’s in Spanish with subtitles.
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By Allen on Oct 16, 2009 9:16:58 PM | Reply
Wooo Hooo… I’d love to see this movie. Hopefully it will be as good as some of the other Spanish films - Bearcub or Boystown.
By Bearfuz on Oct 16, 2009 11:05:01 PM | Reply
Sounds like great silly fun! I hope to see it!
By AJ on Oct 16, 2009 11:41:41 PM | Reply
I really want to see this movie! Woof! The Chef is sexy!
By RCtheBearCub on Oct 17, 2009 6:14:16 AM | Reply
Ooh this looks good! TLA really has been putting out some of the better movies lately
By peter on Oct 17, 2009 10:56:21 AM | Reply
Lip smacking good!
By Gio on Oct 17, 2009 11:00:20 AM | Reply
There go the Spanish cinema guys making another bear-ish film. Always good stuff!
By Rudy on Oct 17, 2009 1:49:57 PM | Reply
I’d love to see this movie. I love bears and foreign films ANC comedies. This sounds like it would be right up my alley!
By technocub on Oct 17, 2009 3:52:10 PM | Reply
oooo, please me!
By gococo on Oct 17, 2009 7:16:15 PM | Reply
alot of great bearish films comming our way from spain! way cool!
By Patrick on Oct 18, 2009 7:23:25 AM | Reply
I haven’t heard of this before, but looks great:)
By Steve on Oct 18, 2009 1:17:48 PM | Reply
Hopefully it’s as good as “Bearcub” and the not so good “Boystown” (but still the latter was damned yummy!)
By Bearywhite on Oct 18, 2009 7:59:02 PM | Reply
OK, this looks like fun! Those Spaniards make great, smart, adult comedies!
By Richard Simpson on Oct 18, 2009 9:13:44 PM | Reply
Okay hope is as good as “Bearcub” knowing the Spanish I’m sure it is.
By zhangchuang on Oct 18, 2009 9:17:22 PM | Reply
I am a chinese make frend
By Paul on Oct 19, 2009 6:30:31 PM | Reply
Looks like a fun movie!
By Klarth on Oct 19, 2009 9:47:22 PM | Reply
Ooh! I would love to see this.
Also, if Spain is this down with the bears, I think I may need to spend a few years there. XD
By Kaelin on Oct 20, 2009 5:46:58 PM | Reply
Awesome! I loved Camara throughout his appearances in Almodovar’s films (as the tranny best friend of Gael Garcia Bernal’s character in “Bad Education” and Benigno, the pitiful, morally ambiguous nurse in “Talk to Her”), and I’m glad to see him in another queer film. Based on the latter, he definitely has the acting chops to be a leading man.
By Jim bearkiss on Oct 21, 2009 6:18:31 AM | Reply
I’m pretty anxious to see this - wish I’d known it was coming out before it’s release date! I’ve added it to my netflix queue but it has a “long wait”… thanks for bringing it to my attention!
By Ursius on Oct 22, 2009 4:50:20 PM | Reply
I would love to add this to my collection! :3