In this award-winning drama, Thomas (Tim Kalkhof), a talented young German pastry chef, begins a passionate affair with Oren (Roy Miller), a married Israeli man with frequent business stops in Berlin. When Oren suddenly disappears from his life, Thomas learns of his fatal car accident and travels to Jerusalem and the modest café run by Oren’s widow Anat (Sarah Adler). Keeping his identity secret, Thomas employs his baking talents to support Anat’s struggling operation. In the San Francisco Chronicle, Walter Addiego declared that “There’s much to savor in The Cakemaker…a testament to what filmmakers can achieve when they trust the audience.” In Hebrew and German with English subtitles and some English. Writer/Director: Ofir Raul Graizer. (Israel/Germany 2017) 105 min.