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Knife Skills
$27.58
About this item
- What does it take to build a world-class French restaurant? What if the staff is almost entirely men and women just out of prison? What if most have never cooked or served before and have barely two months to learn their trade? Knife Skills follows the hectic launch of Edwins restaurant in Cleveland. In this improbable setting, with it's mouth-watering dishes and it's arcane French vocabulary, we discover the challenges of men and women finding their way after their release. We come to know three trainees intimately, as well as the restaurant's founder, who is also dogged by his past. These men and women all have something to prove, and all struggle to launch new lives, an endeavor as pressured and perilous as the ambitious restaurant launch of which they are a part. Rated 4.2 out of 5.
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Product facts
Key details
- Genre
- Special Interests
- Format
- NTSC
- Contributor
- Brandon Chrostowski
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 44 minutes
Dimensions and fit
- dimensions
- 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- product_dimensions
- 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
Technical specifications
- item_model_number
- DS26611D
Item information
- media_format
- NTSC
- run_time
- 44 minutes
- release_date
- November 12, 2019
- actors
- Brandon Chrostowski
- studio
- Dreamscape
- number_of_discs
- 1
- best_sellers_rank
- #293,916 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #12,038 in Documentary (Movies & TV) #15,958 in Special Interests (Movies & TV)
Overview
About this item
- What does it take to build a world-class French restaurant? What if the staff is almost entirely men and women just out of prison? What if most have never cooked or served before and have barely two months to learn their trade? Knife Skills follows the hectic launch of Edwins restaurant in Cleveland. In this improbable setting, with it's mouth-watering dishes and it's arcane French vocabulary, we discover the challenges of men and women finding their way after their release. We come to know three trainees intimately, as well as the restaurant's founder, who is also dogged by his past. These men and women all have something to prove, and all struggle to launch new lives, an endeavor as pressured and perilous as the ambitious restaurant launch of which they are a part. Rated 4.2 out of 5.
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Rated 4.2/5 across 8 reviews — well received overall.
- 75% of sampled reviews give 4–5 stars.
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A tmeless, inspiring story about a man and his mission
Fantastic film about a fantastic guy on a fantastic mission. Read more
Five Stars
A wonderful uplifting movie. Highly recommended. Read more
Amazing
This is amazing Read more
A Second Chance: From Ex-Con to French Chef
An interesting look at creating a restaurant/school to train ex-prisoners in a trade: becoming French chefs. They learned a skill, became part of a team, earned a living and gained confidence. Very few of 180 program grads over the 3 year period of the video went back to prison after graduating. This documentary traces the growth of several of these students. I found this quite interesting and it struck a hopeful note. Read more
Oscar-Nominated Food For Thought
This was one of the documentaries I learnt about when I was lucky enough to be an audience member at a pre-Oscar discussion panel in LA (bucket list - check!). I'm not in the movie industry, very far from, just a lucky guest, but let me tell you, if you need inspiration, a smile, a cry, watch it now. It's incredible. I mean really, within minutes you are totally invested in the staff, the chefs and the complex, driven, WONDERFUL owner of this restaurant. The director told us that the restaurant is now packed solid every night. He made friends with the people featured, and he struggled when many of them faltered, but learnt that the most common path to a life free of crime is undulating. Beautifully shot, absolutely fantastic and eye-opening. Read more
Failure is a bruise - not a tattoo - As uplifting a documentary you may have seen of late
Unbelievably moving and inspiring. I especially valued hearing the many poignant thoughts from the students of this master culinary institute as they remembered where they had been before receiving this second chance toward a better life. Like dross that comes through the fire, the new hope given to these men and women is allowing them to shine like the silver they truly are. No one is trash to be thrown away. These are sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers, every one. Well done all of you;, and well done, Brandon Chrostowski. The fire through which you've come has yielded a silver whose brilliant sheen is lighting many paths. Read more
Tedious
A dull film about sharp knives. The film's worthy message, that it is important to give released convicts an opportunity to work, to become valued members of law-abiding teams, is wasted on a film that is tedious to a fault and that does nothing to portray its fascinating subjects as the intelligent, talented and resourceful people many surely are. Read more
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