Spices and Lies

TIFF.25 - Film Food

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Section: Film Food
Director: Amine Adjina
Cast: Younès Boucif, Clara Bretheau, Hiam Abbass
Duration: 1h 43m
Country: France
Language: fr
Year: 2025

Mehdi’s life balances between two worlds. He presents himself as the perfect Algerian son to his mother Fatima while secretly maintaining a relationship with Léa and pursuing his passion for French cuisine and wine as a chef. When Léa insists on meeting his mother, Mehdi is forced into a corner and comes up with a disastrous solution that threatens to unravel everything.