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Estomago - A Gastronomic Story
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm, Melnitz Hall - James Bridges Theater
Screening of the Brazilian film
Admission
Free and open to the public
Contact
UCLA Latin American Institute
(310) 825-4571
gtovar@international.ucla.edu
Website
http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/events/showevent....
Additional Information
Estômago—A Gastronomic Story is screened by the Latin American Institute, Center for Brazilian Studies and Consulate General of Brazil - Los Angeles. The film is in Portuguese with English subtitles.
The world is made of those who eat and those who get eaten. Raimundo Nonato, the protagonist, finds an alternative way: he cooks. He cooks first in a bar, then in an Italian Restaurant and then in prison - how did he end up in jail?
He cooks and learns how to get by in a society divided in two between those who eat and those who get eaten. What he learns, are a series of rules he uses to his advantage: in the end, the cook must also get his share of food – and only he knows which part tastes best.
Estômago is an adult fable on power, sex and cooking.
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