The Hundred-foot journey.

Recommended by my sister, 'The Hundred-foot journey' is a film about cooking. An Indian family move from India to start up a restaurant but it doesn't really work out for them and so they move to France. They start up a restaurant 100 feet away from a very successful restaurant which already has one Michelin star to its name.

Selling the film on the name of Helen Mirren and don't take anything away from her, as the head of the opposing restaurant she was fantastic, both as being a horrible person to play against and then having a change of heart and appreciating good food. The rest of the cast were all people that I have not heard of but I am told have been on TV shows that were popular before I was born. If you know the names Om Puri and Manish Dayal then you know what to expect from this film but if you don't then this is a chance to learn a few new names. Om Puri is the dad, who is ever trying to bargain so as to get it at a lower or higher price. He is genius and generally correct in his decisions but he does need an eye opener from the character played by Helen Mirren. Manish Dayal is the main man, the chef and who the film is really about. He masters french cuisine and combines it with Indian spices and soon becomes one of the best chef's in France and well known in other countries.

His love works off for the other restaurant and at first there is no issues between them as they are rivals but she is just working in the kitchen and is not the chef. She is knowledgeable and works hard but she hasn't made it to the top yet. Once Hassan's restaurant gets set on fire but some of the opposition and his hands get burnt he is forced to come and work in the kitchen of the restaurant one hundred feet away and this becomes an issue as they are now directly competing with each other but even after the restaurant has gained another star and he has gone on to be a big name and the chef in a restaurant he still can't replicate as well the meal that he cooked with his love, he forgets his roots and has to go back. The ending is beautiful.

This film is beautiful. The scenery and the selection is lovely. Creating the Indian palace really makes a night in France in the Summer look like a brilliant and exciting place to be. Once you've watched this film you crave Indian food. We all certainly did and that craving hasn't gone away.