There’s a long tradition of foodie romances proving art-house cinema hits – think of Babette’s Feast, Tampopo, and Chocolat. Sadly, it’s unlikely that Master Cheng, a gentle and very slow Finnish-Chinese coproduction about a chef from Shanghai charming the Nordic locals with his cleaver skills, is going to light up the UK box office.
MASTER CHENG is a comedy drama in which, following his wife's death, a Chinese chef travels to a remote village in Finland with his young son to meet an old Finnish friend.
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