Knife Skills
On the menu: a second chance
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?
Knife Skills follows 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 also dogged by his past. 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
Thomas Lennon
Producer
Thomas Lennon
Runtime
40 minutes
Rights Represented
International Rights, Digital Rights
Captions Available
English
Language
English
Press
“Compelling, funny, heartbreaking and thoroughly human.”
- Anthony Bourdain
Festival & Awards
Academy Award Nominee 2018 – Best Documentary Short Subject
Audience Award
Best Documentary Short – TRAVERSE CITY Film Festival