News from the North

Master Cheng

1 hr. 54 min. | Drama, Comedy | N-7

"- A white heterosexual man won't eat that.

- Are you a white heterosexual man?"

Following the death of his wife, a professional chef Ceng travels with his young son to a remote village in Finland to connect with an old Finnish friend he once met in Shanghai. Upon arrival, nobody in the village seems to know his friend but local café owner Sirkka offers him accommodation and in return Cheng helps her in the kitchen surprising the locals with the delights of Chinese cuisine. Unfortunately, his tourist visa is soon to run out and it’s up to the villagers to come up with a plan to help him stay.

Mika Kaurismäki

Mika Kaurismäki

Mika Kaurismäki attended the Munich Film School from 1977 till 1981. Together with his brother Aki Kaurismäki he founded the film production company Villealfa, where he started to shoot his own films, producing most of them. For the past ten years he has been living mainly in Rio de Janeiro where he runs a club on the Copacabana beach.
Languages
Finnish, English, Abkhazian
Subtitles
English, Lithuanian
Original title
Mestari Cheng
Produced
2019: Finland, United Kingdom, China

Film information

Director
Mika Kaurismäki
Producers
Mika Kaurismäki, Iain Brown, Chun Yi Yueh
Screenplay
Hannu Oravisto, Mika Kaurismäki, Sami Keski-Vähälä
Music
Anssi Tikanmäki
Cinematography
Jari Mutikainen
Cast
Anna-Maija Tuokko, Chu Pak Hong, Kari Väänänen
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