Movie #1503 "Knife Skills" was a documentary short I watched in my Oscar prep last week, and this was very interesting to me. I like the idea of training these prisoners for a culinary job and giving them a possible future career, or just a purpose to get up in the morning on a daily basis. It looked challenging (learning french, not to mention all the sauces, etc.) , taught life skills , and most importantly gave them a family of people to work in. All of these make the film's theme very worthy to watch, and possibly follow with other programs like this. I give it a 3.8 out of 5. I felt it could have explained even more what happened to these people afterwards, etc. But it was fun watching them prep for their jobs in this swanky restaurant.
"KNIFE SKILLS" 2017
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? We follow the hectic launch of Edwins restaurant in Cleveland. In this improbable setting, with its mouth-watering dishes and its 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 himself haunted by his time in jail. 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.
DIRECTOR: Tom Lennon
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