Bitter Taste

A successful Scottish Chef in New York City harbors a dark secret: an eating disorder.

APPROPIATE

2024 / 19min.

Rating0

Genres

Drama

Synopsis

In the wake of Glasgow’s rapid deindustrialization and economic decline in the 90s, a young Fraser falls victim to knife crime and is indelibly marked with a “Glasgow smile”, irrevocably impacting his sense of self and relationship to food.

Directors

Ethan Race

Actors

Toni Murphy

Matthew McCarron

Claudia Sersanti

Dara Bailey

Sam Kennedy

Alexis Trolf

Lee Lister

Confectioner

Harlan Patterson

Andres Emedan

Similar

Habit

It's autumn in New York. Sam has broken up with his girlfriend and his father has recently died. World-weary and sloppy drunk, he finds temporary sola

1997

5.4

The Dancer

A mute female dancer who wows audiences in club competitions but can't get Broadway jobs because of her handicap, develops a "voice" when a young scie

2000

5.7

Communion

A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.

1989

5.3

Heights

Spanning twenty-four hours, HEIGHTS follows five New Yorkers challenged to choose their destiny before the sun comes up the next day.

2005

6.3

River's Edge

High schooler Haruna befriends loner Yamada, then is drawn into the tangled relationship between him, a model and the girl who loves him unreasonably.

2018

5.9

As Verdades

A police officer tries to find out who is to blame for a crime committed against a candidate for mayor of a small town. He hears versions of a hired k

2022

6.6

The Yellow Bike

A boy and his older brother go on a cycling trip to bond over the loss of their mother.

2022

10.0

Los peloteros

A group of kids in a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican rural town need money to purchase baseball uniforms for little league.

1951

6.0

Mother's Day

Jordon (Michael Charles Wagner) reconnects with mother Wendy (Lisa Ludwig), in the midst of a mental health crisis, over the course of an afternoon in

2021

10.0

Blackboards

Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the

2000

6.6

Best Christmas Party Ever

With the holidays approaching, a young party planner arranges a special Christmas party for a New York toy store. When a powerful corporation threaten

2014

6.1

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well thro

1945

7.5

Turk 182!

After New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incurred during the off-duty rescue of a young girl, h

1985

5.8

Somebody Up There Likes Me

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

1956

7.2

Ratcatcher

James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the ca

1999

7.1

Death in Love

Death in Love is a psychosexual-thriller about a love affair between a Jewish woman and a doctor overseeing human experimentation at a Nazi German con

2008

4.8