Spices and Lies (2025)
Original title: La Petite Cuisine de Mehdi
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Mehdi's life lies on a fragile balance. He plays the role of the perfect Algerian son for his mother Fatima, while hiding his relationship with Léa and his passion for French cuisine and wine, which he pursues as a chef at the bistro where he works. But Léa can no longer tolerate his family secrets and demands to meet Fatima. Cornered, Mehdi comes up with the worst possible solution...
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Younès BoucifMehdi
Clara BretheauLéa
Hiam AbbassSouhila
Gustave KervernBernard
Laurent StockerChristopheLou-Adriana BouziouaneLindaMalika ZerroukiFatima
Birane BaIbrahim
Agathe DronneSylvieInès BoukhelifaFaiza
Horya BenabetYasmineKenza LagnaouiSorayaMovie DNA
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What is Spices and Lies about?
Mehdi's life lies on a fragile balance. He plays the role of the perfect Algerian son for his mother Fatima, while hiding his relationship with Léa and his passion for French cuisine and wine, which he pursues as a chef at the bistro where he works. But Léa can no longer tolerate his family secrets and demands to meet Fatima. Cornered, Mehdi comes up with the worst possible solution...
How long is Spices and Lies?
Spices and Lies has a runtime of 104 minutes.
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