2024 Boulder International Film Festival

Sugar and Stars

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… a sumptuous and autobiographical (film) that rises up like a tasty soufflé. – Impulse Gamer 


Based on a true story. Yazid has one big passion: pastry making. Raised between foster homes and group homes, he gets his first job in the back of a commercial kitchen, where he runs into Islamophobia and is constantly threatened to be fired over the tiniest infractions. But he blindly soldiers on, believing…improbably...that it is his destiny to become a great pastry chef. Yazid steals ingredients to create a Black Forest gâteaux from scratch to keep his internship, and continually encounters nemeses, betrayals and setbacks. This film’s camera lovingly pans Yazid’s ever-more-spectacular desserts, cakes and ice sculptures, until he is frantically preparing to compete in the grandest of all of France’s baking championships. Warning: Don’t come to this film with an empty stomach.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    110 minutes
  • Language
    French
  • Country
    France
  • Premiere
    Colorado
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Director
    Sébastien Tulard
  • Screenwriter
    Cédric Ido
  • Executive Producer
    Laurence Lascary
  • Cast
    Riadh Belaïche, Marwan Amesker, Loubna Abidar
  • Cinematographer
    Pierre Dejon
  • Editor
    Marielle Babinet
  • Production Design
    Ann Chakraverty
  • Music
    Brice Davoli