7.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Comedy, Mystery, Crime • 2007 • 113 min
Estômago: A Gastronomic Story (2007)
Estômago: A Gastronomic Story (2007)
Overview
In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.
Starring Cast
João Miguel • Fabiula Nascimento • Babu Santana
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Viewer Rating
7.8
Overview
In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.
Starring Cast
João Miguel • Fabiula Nascimento • Babu Santana
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: Medium
The film focuses on an individual's amoral journey to gain status and power through culinary skill and manipulation within a harsh social environment, without explicitly promoting or critiquing political ideologies or advocating for systemic change.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The movie features a visibly diverse Brazilian cast, including Afro-Brazilian actors, which reflects the local population. Its narrative explores social class and power dynamics within society, offering a critique of these structures rather than explicitly focusing on or negatively portraying traditional identities.
Secondary
LGBTQ: Neutral
Confidence: High
The film includes a significant same-sex sexual relationship within a prison context, which is portrayed as a transactional element for the protagonist's survival and rise in power. The narrative focuses on the character's resourcefulness and the prison's power dynamics, rather than explicitly affirming or denigrating LGBTQ+ identity, resulting in a neutral overall portrayal.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
Estômago: A Gastronomic Story does not feature identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on a cook's journey through the culinary world and prison, exploring power dynamics and human nature through food. Therefore, an assessment of its portrayal of transsexual themes is not applicable.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
Estômago: A Gastronomic Story is an original film, not an adaptation of pre-existing material with established characters. Therefore, there are no characters whose gender could have been swapped from a prior canon or historical record.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
Estômago: A Gastronomic Story is an original Brazilian film, not an adaptation of a widely known source material with pre-established character races or a biopic of historical figures. Therefore, no characters exist whose race could have been swapped from a prior canonical depiction.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.8
7.9
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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