The fact is that the best love stories on the screens are always the ones that excite our taste buds while watching, because we all know that love goes through the stomach. And since the cooler evenings are perfect for watching films that make us salivate and inspire us for future culinary ventures, we present ten culinary blockbusters, including two films that are currently showing in Slovenian cinemas.
The Hundred-Foot Journey, 2014
The film with Oscar winner Helen Mirren, which is currently being shown at Cankarjev dom, combines the spiciness of India and the charm of France, and the combination of the two turns into a perfect culinary comedy on the screen.
Chef (Chef), 2014
Another culinary comedy this year was cooked by well-known film names such as Scarlett Johansson, Sofia Vergara and Robert Downey Jr., and you can watch it at the Coliseum.
Eat, Pray, Love, 2010
In middle age, Julia Roberts realizes that her life, despite the apparent perfection on the outside, does not make her the least bit happy, so she embarks on a journey around the world, on which she gets to know both herself and the diverse tastes of the world's cuisines better.
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Anonymous romantics (Les emotifs anonymouses), 2010
Another movie that proves that love really does go through the stomach. In this romantic comedy, which critics described as a combination of the films Amelie and Chocolate, the owner of a small chocolate factory and his new employee, the talented confectioner Angelique, fall in love.
Julie and Julia (Julie and Julia), 2009
In the film, based on the novel and two true stories, we follow Julie, who sets herself a challenge: to cook all the dishes from the cookbook of American cooking icon Julie Child, perfectly portrayed by Meryl Streep, in 365 days.
Ratatouille, 2007
Remy has always dreamed of becoming a head chef, so despite the opposition of his family and the obvious obstacle - that he is a rat - he goes to Paris, where he finds himself in close proximity to his biggest culinary idol, Auguste Gusteau.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), 2005
Johnny Depp in the role of the unusual owner of the chocolate factory Willy Wonka takes five children to the dreamland of all sweet tooths with a lot of imagination, and among them is the boy Charlie.
Chocolate (Chocolat), 2000
The film, nominated for 5 Oscars and starring Johnny Depp and Judi Dench among others, takes us to a small French village where everything changes when Juliette Binoche and her daughter move in and open a chocolate shop there.
Come Aqua Para Chocolate (Come Aqua Para Chocolate), 1992
A romantic film that awakens all the senses, takes us to Mexico in 1910. There, Pedro and Tita fall passionately in love, but fate is not on their side, as they are not allowed to marry.
Christmas in Connecticut, 1945
In the black-and-white film classic, Barbara Stanwyck, in her role as a journalist, appears in her columns as the perfect family housewife, although in reality she is a single New Yorker who can't even cook an egg. Of course, she finds herself in trouble when her boss invites her to a traditional Christmas lunch.
