Short Order

Short Order - Life Is A Buffet!!!
Promotional poster
Directed by	Anthony Byrne
Produced by	Christine Alderson Patricia Barona David Collins Howard Gibbins Stephen Smith Brian Willis
Written by	Anthony Byrne
Starring	Emma de Caunes Rade Šerbedžija Cosma Shiva Hagen Jack Dee Paul Kaye Vanessa Redgrave John Hurt Tatiana Ouliankina
Music by	Niall Byrne
Cinematography	Brendan Maguire
Edited by	J. Patrick Duffner
Release dates	1 March 2005
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Ireland United Kingdom Germany Monaco Spain
Language	English, German, Spanish, Italian

Short Order is a 2005 Irish drama film written and directed by Anthony Byrne. It was released in Ireland on 1 March 2005. Later on during the Dinard Festival of British Cinema, it was released in France on 6 October 2005. It was released at Newport Beach International Film Festival on April 26, 2006 in the USA and was later released as Life Is A Buffet on 16 May 2008. Spain saw the release at Seville Film Festival on 7 November 2006. The Germany release was on 25 October 2012. Some parts of the dialogues are versed in German, Spanish and Italian, during the course of the movie, interactions between the casts, etc. Although the movie is in English, only few parts of the dialogues are in the other languages.

Plot

Fifi is an accomplished young chef who is constantly hounded with offers for her talents. Her food is so delicious that it takes on sexual symbol of its own and no one can look at food in the same way again. The film (drama) takes the viewers through the life and daily (night life here) of the chefs and the way they look at the work and how much they crave about food.

Awards

The film has got 3 awards and has been nominated 7 times.^[1]

1. Won:

  Irish Film and Television Awards in 2005 for Best Production Design for Film.
  Eleanor Wood and Laura Bowe won the award.

2. Nominated:

  1. Tatiana Ouliankina - Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film

  2. Anthony Byrne - Best Director

  3. Anthony Byrne - Best Script for Film

  4. Judith Williams - Best Costume Design for Film

  5. Niall Byrne - Best Music in a Film

  6. J. Patrick Duffner - Best Editing in Film/TV Drama

  7. Ray Cross, Nikki Moss, John Fitzgerald and Peter Blayney - Best Sound in Film/TV Drama

3. Won:

  Monaco International Film Festival in 2006 for Best Newcomer (actress) and Best Actor.
  Cosma Shiva Hagen - Best Newcomer
  Rade Serbedzija - Best Actor

Cast

Following is the list ^[2] of the cast members for the short drama about the food and culinary culture of the chefs. Short Order has been filmed mostly on the sets (Studio Bendestorf bei Hamburg, Bendestorf, Lower Saxony, Germany),^[3] and have performance on most of the songs by Emma de Caunes.

• Emma de Caunes as Fiona (Fifi Koko)
• Rade Šerbedžija as Paulo Federico
• Cosma Shiva Hagen as Catherine
• Jack Dee as Harry Melville
• Paul Kaye as Burt Stone, The Cable Show Guy
• Vanessa Redgrave as Marianne
• John Hurt as Felix
• Jon Polito as Tony
• Paschal Friel as Pedro
• Tatianna Ouliankina as Stephanie (Stefani)
• Vincent Fegan as Master Chef / Sebastian Gruel
• Frédéric Andrau
• Eamonn Hunt as Jerry
• Terrence Orr as Butler
• John Henry as Sinatra
• Tommy O'Neil as Dapper Gent
• Marc Copeland as Barman
• Frederic Andrau as Peirre
• Roger Gregg as Lenny Green

Soundtracks

References

1. ↑ Awards
2. ↑ Full Cast and Crew - IMDb
3. ↑ Sets - IMDb

External links

• Short Order (2005) at the Internet Movie Database