Stony Brook Film Festival – BON APPETIT – Accompanying Short Film: LIGHTHOUSE

BON APPETIT

U.S. Premiere — Germany/Spain/Switzerland — 90 minutes: In German, French, Spanish and English with subtitles. Directed by David Pinillos. With Unax Ugalde, Nora Tschirner, Giulio Berruti and Herbert Knaup.   

In the kitchen of Zurich's gourmet restaurant "W," the young Spaniard Daniel is new to the team and soon becomes a protegé of master chef and restaurant owner Thomas. He makes friends with Hugo, an Italian chef, and Hanna, a German sommeliere. In love with life, high on adrenaline, aware of their exceptional talents and skills, the trio seems on its way to becoming an inseparable band of friends…until love threatens to break up the friendship in this delightful European drama.Produced by Pedro Uriol.

Director of Photography: Aitor Mantxola. From Morena Films in coproduction with Orio Produkzioak, Zodiac Pictures and Egoli Tossell Film. In competition from Beta Cinema.

LIGHTHOUSE

N.Y. Premiere — U.S.A .— 18 minutes. A film by Ling Li.

A lonely lighthouse keeper saves a mysterious drowning girl, who insists she is a fish. When romance blooms she must decide whether to stay or return to the ocean.