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​“A TERRIFICALLY IMPRESSIVE FEATURE DEBUT.

INTELLIGENT, WELL-CRAFTED STORY AND BEAUTIFULLY DRAWN CHARACTERS ... THE BRILLIANCE OF ITS TELLING MARKS A VERY AUSPICIOUS DEBUT BY THE TALENTED GRAIZER”

- ROGEREBERT.COM

“FASCINATING... PROVOCATIVE, UNEXPECTED

AND FINALLY VERY MOVING WORK IS

AS UNUSUAL A LOVE STORY AS YOU ARE LIKELY TO FIND”

- LOS ANGELES TIMES

“UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU'RE LIKELY TO SEE THIS YEAR.

AN UNFLINCHING, RAVISHING LOOK

AT A BROKEN ROMANTIC TRIANGLE”

- THE FORWARD

“A DELICATE FABLE.

THE CAKEMAKER BELIEVES IN A LOVE THAT NEITHER NATIONALITY,

SEXUAL ORIENTATION NOR RELIGIOUS BELIEF CAN DETER”

- THE NEW YORK TIMES

“DELICIOUS LOOK AT A LOVE TRIANGLE.

... GENUINELY AFFECTING ... A TESTAMENT TO WHAT FILMMAKERS

CAN ACHIEVEWHEN THEY TRUST THE AUDIENCE”

- SAN FRANCISCO GATE

“AN EXTRAORDINARY WORK

AND HOPEFULLY THE FIRST OF

MANY CINEMATIC POEMS FROM GRAIZER”

- BLUE-RAY.COM

“TANTALIZING… ENTRANCING… ENIGMATIC…

A DELICATE DISH THAT LINGERS LONG AFTER YOU'VE GOBBLED UP THE LAST CRUMB. THE MOST ROMANTIC STORY I'VE SEEN AT THE MOVIES THIS YEAR”

- MIAMI ART ZINE

“THE CAKEMAKER TAKES A WHOLLY UNEXPECTED,

BUT RICHLY REWARDING, TURN”

- INDIEWIRE

“KALKHOF IS PHENOMENAL, ADLER IS EXTRAORDINARY...

THE FILM IS LIKE A WARM, FRESH AROMA FLOATING

OUT OF A BAKERY, COMFORTING YOU BUT

LEAVING YOU LONGING FOR MORE”

- THE EMORY JOURNAL

“SENSUAL AND REBELIOUS...

A CAREFULY STRUCTURED STORY CONVEYING

A SUBTLY SUBMERSIVE MESSAGE”

- CINEUROPA

“DELICATE AND MOVING.

HEARTBREAKING PERFORMANCES”

- THE PLAYLIST

“HUMANE, HEART-KNEADING-DEBUT.

A TENDER, TACTILE, AND JUST-SWEET-ENOUGH STORY”

- VARIETY

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