One dollar curry
Synopsis
Nishan is a young Sikh looking for political asylum. He has elected France to be his host country. But, even with his sense of humor and imagination, it’s not so easy to survive in the capital. His friends, Antillais and Bale, embark on a series of jobs, each more crazy than the last: they sell aphrodisiacs, practice tantra massage or hawk the “Kamasutra Times.” But Nishan simply proclaims himself to be a "Famous Indian Chef" in Paris! Spiced up by his culinary inventions and his eccentric dress, he gets his mobile “One Dollar Curry” kitchen cart off to a good start.
In the midst of all this mayhem, Nishan encounters Nathalie, a young journalist absorbed in gathering research for a documentary about immigration. She’s immediately drawn to the case of this legendary chef. Everything gradually becomes entangled between them. The chic Parisian and our refugee discover that they have many things in common, and not all of them purely professional. But it’s just round this time that Yamini,...
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producers : Tessalit Productions, Silhouette Films International Ltd.
- Co-production : France 2 Cinéma
- Foreign production company : Zee TV
- French distribution : Bodega Films
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriter : Vijay Singh
- Director of Photography : Benoît Chamaillard
- Music Composers : Zakir Hussain, Taufiq Qureshi
- Editor : Nadine Verdier
- Sound Recordist : Philippe Blanche
- Costume designer : Cédric Grenapin
- Press Attaché (film) : François Vila
- Continuity supervisor : Sabine Charrin
- Production Designers : Jean-Marc Tran, Jean-Marc Tran Tan Ba
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Social comedy, Musical
- Themes : Emigration
- Coproducer countries : France, India
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
