Cesar's Grill

My father César thought I was going to take over his grillrestaurant in Ecuador, but I decided to pursue art instead and went to Germany. Ten years later he calls me to let me know that his restaurant is bankrupt, that he is in debt to the bank and several private loan sharks and hasn't paid the rent in over two years. After years of no contact, saving the restaurant becomes our joint project. The world I thought I had left far behind me was suddenly so close again I could almost touch it. Cesar's Grill tells the story of my return to Ecuador, where I, the vegetarian son, try to solve the problems of my passionately carnivorous father with ideas that might at best work out in Germany. What starts out as an absurd mission, develops to be a touching story about unfulfilled expectations, becoming an adult, responsibility, and our father-son relationship. (Berlinale)