(gentle instrumental music)
(gentle piano music)
The Cakemaker
Kredenz Cafe & Bakery
(gentle guitar music)
(shop bells ringing)
Good morning. - Good morning. Hello.
How are you?
Good, and you? - Good, thank you.
Every time I come to Berlin,
this is the first place I visit because of your cookies.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
What do you recommend today?
Here we have a raisin pastry on the left,
and we have poppy seed pastries, but you don't like those.
True.
This is a classic Black Forest cake
here in the middle.
Should I explain in English? - No.
I trust you.
I'll take this one,
a double espresso, and a box of your cinnamon cookies.
Cinnamon cookies. - My wife loves them.
You may sit. - Thank you.
Here you go. - Thank you.
For your wife. - Thank you.
Is everything okay?
Yes, thank you.
Can I ask you something?
My son in Israel has a birthday
and I don't have a clue what to get him.
Do you have an idea for a typical German present?
How old is your son? - 6 years old.
What are you doing here in Berlin?
I work for an Israeli-German company.
City planning, trains.
I know a toy store that specializes in trains from steel,
they build and paint them by hand.
Maybe you get him a small train.
That's a good idea.
Maybe you can come with me?
It would be nice to be guided by a real Berliner.
I'm not a real Berliner, but...
sure, I can take you there.
(both breathing deeply)
ONE YEAR LATER
Tai Tai!
Yes, sweetie, it's your father.
How are you?
Yes?
How was school today?
Are you a good boy? Not causing your mother any trouble?
I'll be back on Thursday.
I'll pick you up from school, and we'll go for pizza.
Okay, sweetie, me too.
I love you very, very much.
Let me talk to your mother.
Hey, how are you?
A bit tired, that's all.
Okay, fine.
Bye.
Why didn't you call me?
It wasn't planned.
How long are you staying?
Two days.
When are you coming back?
Beginning of December.
I brought the cookies for your wife.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
When was the last time?
Thursday.
Where?
At home,
on the bed.
What did you do?
I laid her down,
then I kissed her.
Where exactly?
(gentle piano music)
On the neck,
mouth,
eyes.
(table squeaking)
One month.
The number you've dialed is currently unavailable.
Please leave a message at the tone.
Oren, it's me. You're probably on the plane.
You forgot your cookies and your keys here.
I'll see you soon.
The number you've dialed is currently unavailable.
Please leave a message at the tone.
Oren, I've called you a couple of times,
I don't know when you're coming back.
Just call me back.
The number you've dialed is currently unavailable,
Please leave a message...
Hello. - Hello.
I'm looking for Oren. Is he here?
I'm from "Cafe Kredenz," I must deliver this.
Oren isn't here.
Where is he?
He doesn't work here anymore.
Did he quit?
He ordered this, and I was in the area
so I wanted to give it to him.
I just want to know where he is.
Please.
I can't really talk about this.
There was an accident in Jerusalem,
his office told us almost six weeks ago.
That's all we know.
Oren was killed.
(bell tolling)
(thunder rumbling)
Sweetheart.
You're not cold anymore?
Change of personal status, Married / Divorced...
Widowed
That's all.
You bring it to the municipality with your ID and passport,
you sign it, and that's it.
Okay.
It needs to be done.
I'm going back to the Cafe on Sunday.
What about Itai?
I'll leave work early to pick him up,
Dana will help me out.
It'll be fine.
Just don't exert yourself.
Okay.
Are you coming for Shabbat?
We'll come next week.
Okay?
Okay.
We'll talk tomorrow.
Thank you, Motti.
Hi. - Hi.
Sorry I'm late, the bus drove off without stopping.
I had to wait for the next one.
Never mind.
Do you have some Pastrami?
What's up, Avram?
Thank God. How are you?
Okay.
Salami? Pork?
Pork? Come on...
Here.
So that you won't open without a Kosher certificate.
Thank you, I forgot that the one we have is outdated.
It's okay, Motti told me.
Have a good week and a good month.
Thanks. I'd offer you coffee, but I still didn't clean the machine...
I already had one. - Okay.
Good luck. - Thanks.
Goodbye.
Cafe Paamon is hereby approved Kosher
(gentle instrumental music)
Hello.
(speaking in foreign language)
- Good morning.
- What would you like?
- Um, double espresso, please.
- Okay, something to eat, maybe?
- What do you have?
- Uh, shakshuka, like, a tomato sauce with eggs inside.
Uh, or soup, orange soup, and sandwiches.
- What kind of sandwiches?
- Tzfatit, you know, the Israeli white cheese,
and it's with omelet, herbs, cucumber, very good.
- Sounds good, I'll have the sandwich.
- Okay. - Thank you.
(coffee machine hissing)
Thank you.
- Where are you from?
- From Germany.
- Where in Germany?
- Berlin.
- Well, welcome to Jerusalem.
- Thank you.
(coffee machine hissing)
- Everything okay? - Yeah, perfect, thank you.
How much is it?
- 25. - 25.
Keep the change. - Thank you.
- Um, I was wondering if you need a worker here.
- No, not right now. - Okay.
Thank you.
Hebrew Youth Swimming Pool
I'm off.
There is soup on the stove, take it off in ten minutes.
Are you picking Itai up at 13:00?
No, I have a class at 12:00, I told you on Wednesday.
I forgot. - Sorry.
Don't worry, I'll be fine.
Bye. - Bye.
Have a good time, Dana. - Thanks.
Hi. Motti?
No, everything's fine.
Could you pick Itai up at 13:00?
Oh...
Okay. I'll manage.
I'll close for an hour or something.
Okay.
Alright.
So I'll see you later. Bye.
(cafe owner sighs deeply)
- Are you still looking for a job?
- [Baker] Yes.
- Okay.
Can you wash dishes?
- Sure.
- Okay, good, I need someone to wash dishes
two, three times a week in the mornings
and help out with the errands and, like,
cleaning up a bit, cutting vegetables, things like that.
You interested?
- Yeah.
- Okay, so I can pay you 25 shekels an hour.
You can start tomorrow.
- At what time?
- 6:30.
(gentle instrumental music)
Hey.
How are you? - Okay.
Yeah? Let me see you.
Listen, Aviva caught me on the way out.
She said he's shutting himself off.
Maybe you should talk to her.
Fine.
Who's that?
A student, he works here.
Where is he from? - He's German.
Of all the places in the world, you bring a German into your kitchen?
Two phone calls and I could find you ten new workers.
What do you want? It works for me. What's the problem?
He's German.
Come on, stop it,
he's right here, that's not nice. - It's okay, he doesn't hear us.
I'll see you. - Okay, thank you.
Here you go.
Did you get any homework?
(gentle piano music)
(heels clicking)
Hey. - Hallo.
- Can you stay today for a few more hours?
Two or three, maybe?
- Okay.
(cafe owner sighs deeply)
- Today my son has his birthday,
so I have, like, a million things to do.
And I don't know how I'm gonna manage.
Okay, you know what,
look, I need you to do this for me.
You take the pepper and you cut all around here,
take it all off, but be careful they don't break
because I'm gonna fill them up afterwards.
- Mm-hmm.
- And pull it out, okay?
- The white stuff. - I'll wash them after, okay?
- White stuff, okay.
All of them? - Yeah, all of them.
Here, the vegetables, you can put in the fridge, please.
And, uh, Dana is outside, so if you need anything,
it's okay, you won't be alone, okay?
I'll be back in, like, an hour, an hour and a half.
- Okay, see you later.
- [Cafe Owner] Bye, thank you.
What is he doing?
Did you turn on the oven?
Anat, he can't use the oven, it's forbidden.
I know, we won't sell those.
What are you doing?
- [Baker] It's a surprise for Itai's birthday.
- No, you cannot turn on the oven, okay?
You're not Jewish, so this is not Kosher.
You understand?
We cannot use it.
We have to throw it to the garbage now.
If Avram sees this, your cafe is finished, Anat.
I know.
Come, I want to talk to you outside.
- Thomas, what are you doing?
- He told me to throw them away.
- Don't, just leave it, okay?
Listen, it's very nice what you did,
but you can't touch the oven, you can't bake here, okay?
Don't do anything that I'm not asking you to do.
- Sorry.
- No, don't be sorry, it's okay.
I'll take care of it.
But go home, okay?
Just go home.
(exciting upbeat music)
(phone ringing)
- [Thomas] Hello?
- [Anat] Hello, Thomas?
- [Thomas] Hello?
- [Anat] Thomas, it's Anat.
I just wanted to say I tasted the cookies you made
and they're very good.
- You like them? - Yes.
I would like to sell them in the cafe.
If we pay attention to some rules,
it will be fine with the kashruth.
So I see you tomorrow.
- Okay, bye.
- Can I try?
- It is too warm, they're gonna fall--
- Oh, okay.
Oh.
Wow.
(phone ringing)
Hello?
Yes?
Is he alright?
What do you mean? Where is he?
What do you mean, you don't know where my son is?
(singing in foreign language)
Excuse me, can I have a cappuccino?
- [Thomas] What?
A cappuccino, please.
Cappuccino?
- Yes. - Okay.
(coffee machine hissing)
(phone ringing)
Hello?
- Hello, Thomas. - Yeah?
- [Motti] Listen, it's Motti.
Is Anat's son there?
- Uh, no.
- [Motti] No, okay.
Listen, he ran away from school and we are looking for him.
So, if he comes to the cafe, just call Anat, okay?
- Okay.
- [Motti] You have Anat's cell phone number, right?
- Yes. - So you call her immediately,
okay? - Okay.
- Bye. - Bye.
(phone beeps)
(gentle piano music)
- This is the best apartment I could find you.
- Thank you.
- Here you go, the kitchen.
This is milk, this is meat, okay?
This is milk dishes.
And there, you have meat dishes.
You wash the milk here, and the meat here.
That's it, okay?
You're not Jewish, but this is a Kosher apartment
and it has to stay Kosher.
The owner trust me.
- Thank you.
Can I use the oven?
- Yeah, you can use whatever you want.
You have a nice view here.
(siren honking)
Shabbat!
(Thomas sighs deeply)
(heels clicking)
- [Anat] A lady just bought a full box of your cookies.
- [Thomas] That's nice.
- [Anat] What's in there?
- It's just a basic recipe.
It's flour, sugar, butter.
- Yeah, okay, but how much flour, how much butter?
- [Thomas] Uh, for one tray,
it's 250 grams flour, 125 gram of butter, 75 gram sugar,
and one teaspoon of vanilla.
Good morning, Anat.
How are you doing, Avram? - Thank God.
Is that the German? - Yes.
Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- You made this? - Yes, sir,
but I didn't use the oven.
- Ah, nice.
Since when do you sell cookies? - We've only just started.
How is Itai?
Thank God.
Very nice, Anat.
See you, folks. - See you.
Bye.
Do you wanna come and have dinner with us on Friday night?
I mean, you probably have plans, but...
- No, uh, nothing planned.
I can come.
- Just us, you know, just you and me and Itai.
- Can I bring something?
I'm not gonna use the oven.
- No, it's okay.
We don't eat kashruth at home.
So, you can, yeah, you can bring anything.
- Okay.
- Good.
Let's go.
Shabbat candle-lighting time is at 16:27.
16:27. Good Shabbos.
Good Shabbos. - Good Shabbos.
(thunder rumbling)
Hello.
- [Thomas] I'm sorry, it's all wet.
- [Anat] Ah, come in.
- But my shoes are all?
- [Anat] Okay, no, but come in because it's cold.
- This is for you.
- Thank you.
- And this is for later.
- Great.
You wanna maybe, I don't know, you wanna dry yourself?
- Yeah. - Yeah?
- Okay, it's the bathroom over there.
- Okay. - I'll give you,
- Left?
- Let me find you some clothes.
Hurry up, dinner is ready.
- You can sit down. - Thank you.
Do you want to say the blessing?
Yes.
We don't have to.
Yes. - Okay.
Sit nicely.
Together? - Yes.
"The sixth day. And the heavens and the earth and all their hosts were completed.
"And God finished by the Seventh Day His work,
"and He rested on the Seventh Day from all His work.
"And God blessed the Seventh Day and made it holy,
"for on it He rested from all His work.
"Blessed are you, Lord, our God,
"Sovereign of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine."
Amen.
Say "Amen."
Amen.
Where does he live?
Now he lives here, but he came from Germany.
Where is his mother?
I don't know.
My son ask you a question.
- [Thomas] Okay.
- He wants to know where your mother is.
- I don't have a mother.
I grew up with my grandmother.
He doesn't have a mother, he grew up with his grandmother.
Where is his father? - Enough, you're asking too many questions.
If he doesn't want to answer, he doesn't have to.
- He wants to know where your father is.
- My father left when I was very young.
He doesn't want to answer.
Okay. - Okay?
- [Thomas] So, this is
Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte.
- [Anat] Wow.
- Classic old German recipe.
- [Anat] Now, you made this cake?
- Yes.
Itai, Thomas made it himself!
Look at this cake.
Would you like some?
No.
How come?
Motti told me not to eat what Thomas bakes.
Really? - Yes.
Is that what he said? - Yes.
You don't have to listen to everything your uncle says.
You should try it, it's very good.
Want to eat the cream at least?
The white part isn't forbidden.
Okay.
(thunder rumbling)
(wind chime clinking)
(rain pattering)
(dramatic music)
(knocking on door)
(thunder rumbling)
(gentle instrumental music)
Okay?
Thank you.
What's up?
Do you have a minute? - Shoot.
Why don't you answer my calls?
Sorry, but you see how it is here.
I thought you'd come for Shabbat.
Did you tell Itai not to eat Thomas' food?
Yes, I don't want him to eat non-Kosher food.
And I don't want him to be afraid of eating, Kosher or not.
Forget Itai, think about the cafe. You employ a non-Jewish worker,
people talk, you'll lose your Kosher certificate.
Thanks to him, I have an order for 60 people.
People come here to eat his cakes, not mine. I don't bake.
Enough with this Kosher issue. - Lower you voice, people can hear.
So let them hear. I'm not religious and I don't want to be religious.
Get off my back.
Rebbe Nachman of Breslov - Healing the Heart
(papers rustling)
Kredenz Cafe & Bakery
(keyboard clicking) (upbeat music)
- I made a shopping list.
You want to go?
- Yeah, I'll come.
We will take two boxes of the yellow apples.
Two boxes?
- No, the green ones.
No, the green ones. - Two boxes? - Please.
Okay, I'm done here.
What should I do next?
- Uh, you can help me with the dough.
- Ah, no, I think it's better if you give me,
like, easy missions 'cause I'm not very good with dough.
- I show you.
- No, really, like, I don't get along.
I tried to make something for Oren once,
and the dough would just not rise at all
'cause yeast and I just don't, don't get along.
- You just need to know how to treat the yeast.
- Okay, I'll try. - Okay.
So, take a little bit of flour in your hands.
Yes, and then, take one.
And another.
And then you, yeah, roll it.
Fast.
And then.
(dough thuds)
- Ow! (both chuckle)
- You get-- - See?
- The flour, you make it flat, like this.
And turn.
And put it here.
Your husband, he died, right?
- Yeah.
In a car accident.
Actually, he used to go to Berlin a lot
'cause he had a very big work project there.
He used to bring us cookies from there, very good cookies.
Like, similar that, like, the ones you make.
The cinnamon ones, but a little better.
What about you, do you have someone in Germany?
- No.
I wasn't sure, but I saw some light.
I don't want to disturb, I just came to say hello.
You're not disturbing, Hanna. - Anat, dear...
We just got stuck late here today, we're about to finish.
Want a ride home?
No, I'll take the bus.
Come on, I'll drive you home.
Hold on.
Do you want a ride?
I'll take you home.
- Oh, thanks, that would be great.
Thank you.
Hello. - Hello.
Are you Thomas?
- [Thomas] Yes.
Do you speak Hebrew?
- English.
- I know a little bit German.
It's my son, he spoke very, very well German.
He spoke five languages very well.
You knew my son?
- I'm sorry, I didn't know your son.
Shall we?
- [Hanna] Thank you.
Thank you, Anat.
Bye. - Good night. - Good night.
- Bye. - Bye.
Will you help me with my?
- Oh, yes, of course.
- Here, come.
Here, put it here, thanks.
Thank you. - Yeah.
- Thank you.
(Hanna sighs)
- Okay.
- Wait.
Wait, because I want to give you something,
something I cooked for Shabbat, and this is very good.
It's eggplants with cheese and basilico, it's for you.
- It's, uh, I can't take it, it's too much.
- [Hanna] No, no, take it, please.
You will enjoy this.
This is, nobody here will eat it.
- Thank you.
- [Hanna] Okay.
- I shouldn't let Anat wait.
- No, don't let her wait.
- Okay, goodbye.
- Goodbye.
Oren Nachmias
(phone chiming)
You have 13 new...
(knocking on door)
- Hey. - Hi, Thomas.
How are you?
- Uh, good.
- I was just about to put this away, guy's stuff, maybe,
maybe you can look
if there are things that you're interested in.
- Okay. - You know, so.
I don't know, just look.
And if you don't want, what you don't want
you can put maybe on the street,
and I'm sure someone will take.
- Okay. - Okay?
- Thank you.
- Sure.
Wow.
Nice.
- Um.
This is new, maybe you try it.
- What is it?
- It's bread, I made it.
Maybe you like it.
- Thank you.
See you tomorrow morning.
(gentle piano music)
(Thomas panting)
Shabbat!
(water splashing) (knocking on door)
- Oh, hello. - Hello.
Shabbat Shalom.
Very nice you did here.
Feels like home.
Uh, my mother, uh,
cooked you some food for Shabbat.
- [Thomas] Oh.
- You know it's Shabbat today?
- Yes. - Yeah.
So, in Shabbat, it's not very good to stay alone.
So next Shabbat, please, you come to us, okay?
- [Thomas] Okay, thank you.
- Okay.
Here you have potato latkes,
and this is stuffed vegetables.
- Thank you.
- And, so, Shabbat Shalom, and good evening,
and next Shabbat you come to us, okay.
- Okay.
Shabbat Shalom. - Shabbat Shalom, bye.
(phone ringing)
I didn't cut the yeast cake yet. - Okay.
"Cafe Paamon."
Special occasions? Yes, we do special occasions.
For how many people?
30? Okay.
Okay, 30 cakes.
So, which...?
Do you know what we have?
Five from every sort.
Just let me check if it's possible for Friday.
I'll get back to you in five minutes.
I'll write down your number.
Yes.
Okay, I'll get back to you soon.
Yes, we're Kosher, of course we're Kosher.
Thanks, goodbye.
Um, we just got an order for Friday
for, like, many, many, many cakes.
I don't know if we can do it. - Okay.
- I didn't tell her anything. - What is it?
- Um, five black forest, five with the apricots,
five apple pies, five streusel.
(Anat sighing deeply)
- That's it? - No.
And one more, five the, the chocolate rolls.
What do you think, it's too much, no?
It's a lot.
- Um, it's possible,
but I need your help.
- Yeah, okay. - Yeah?
- Sure. - Now.
- Now?
We start?
Okay. - Okay?
- Let's do it, yeah.
(playful guitar music)
(phone keypad beeping)
Hi, Motti, how are you?
How are you, sweetie? - Okay.
We're late for a movie. - I'll be back in a minute, okay?
I'm really sorry, Motti.
It's one thing that you only call when you need help,
but your son wants you to take him to the cinema,
and instead, you're here.
I made you some soup.
Let's go.
- [Thomas] Anat, can you turn off the fire, please?
- Sorry, awfully, I, sorry.
So, what can I do?
- Maybe just take a break.
- I don't wanna take a break, okay.
I wanna help, so what can I do?
- You need to flatten the dough, like, really flat, okay?
- Okay.
(Anat groaning)
It doesn't work.
Look.
(both laughing)
- What did I tell you?
What did I tell you?
You have to treat it nicely.
With your hands, you have to make it warm.
Make it, you know, flour, and then you have to.
It's too cold.
And make it flat.
(Thomas chuckles)
(Anat groans)
Continue, okay?
You just.
Make it.
(rolling pin thuds)
(both breathing heavily)
(zipper zipping)
(Anat moaning)
(Thomas moaning)
(gentle piano music)
(wind chimes clinking)
(Anat laughing)
"And God blessed the Seventh Day and made it holy,
"for on it He rested from all His work which God created to function.
"Blessed are you, Lord, our God
"Sovereign of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine."
What is his name?
Itai.
That's my wife.
Would you want to have children?
No.
I can't do what you do.
Family is important.
Not to be alone.
I'm not alone.
I have my work,
I have my apartment,
and I have you,
once a month.
Some people have nothing.
They are born alone
and die alone.
My grandma always said:
"One should appreciate what one has."
That's very important.
I grew up with her,
in her bakery in Gerswalde,
it's a small village outside Berlin,
just the two of us.
She died two years ago.
When are you coming back?
In a month and a half.
My wife is opening her new cafe.
What will happen when she finds out?
It will never happen.
(gentle piano music)
(both breathing heavily)
When was the last time?
Yesterday.
Where?
At home.
What did you do?
I kissed her
here.
Where else?
On the ears,
on the neck...
And then what did you do?
Love...
We made love.
- For you.
And this is for me, and we start, yes?
We put it inside.
We don't fill it too much so it has place to grow.
Yes, good.
You want to see his room?
It's on the corridor, the last door, it's open.
(clock ticking)
- I put only lemon, but most people do put water.
And I put just lemon, that's the Oren's way.
- He cooked for you?
- No, just this, that was his thing.
No, he liked eating better than cooking.
Okay, we need some more.
Can you tell me what this is?
(paper rustling)
- That's a receipt from a Chinese restaurant.
- Yeah, I know, but I mean, what's in there?
- Here it says two tofu noodles, one mango juice,
one apple juice, that's a starter here.
- Okay, and this one?
- Uh, that's a receipt from a supermarket.
- What's, um, what's in there?
- It has butter, (Thomas clears throat)
milk, cream, flour.
- Gee, and, uh, this one?
I don't know, there are many of these.
One in February, two in March, one in January.
He used to go there a lot, I guess.
I think it's a cafe, Kredenz, do you know it?
- No.
(Anat sighs deeply)
- He wanted to move there.
To Berlin.
He had someone there.
He told me.
And he wanted to leave me and Itai here,
and go to Berlin and make a new life.
And I didn't want him to stay here, so I asked him to go
and he went to get a room in a hotel, and, uh,
and then another car hit him on his way there.
(Anat sighs deeply)
Public Warning - Cafe Paamon is not Kosher.
The public should take caution and beware
Dana!
What do we do with all of this?
(phone keypad beeping)
Motti, they took my certificate.
I have an order for 120 people, do you know how much it cost?
They canceled, because it's...
Fine.
(gentle piano music)
Flour, cinnamon, butter...
(phone chiming)
You have 13 new messages.
To listen, press 1.
Oren, you're probably on the plane,
you forgot your cookies and your keys here.
I'll see you soon.
To delete this message, press 2.
To save, press 3.
Oren, it's me, I've called you five times,
please call me back, okay? Bye.
To delete this message, press 2
Oren, it's Thomas, I don't know what's wrong.
Just call...
Oren, it's Thomas. Why aren't you calling me back?
Oren, I'm calling for the...
It's me, Thomas.
I love you.
(wind chimes clinking)
Motti.
- Here, your flight tickets.
This is 400 shekels.
In four hours, you have a flight.
So you have exactly one hour to pack yourself.
You take the money, you go to the airport,
and you never come back to this country.
Do you understand me?
- I can't go.
- Do you understand me?
- I have to talk her. - No, no talking.
No talking.
She doesn't want to talk to you, okay?
She doesn't want you here.
We don't want you here.
Do you understand me?
Okay, one hour.
(Thomas sobbing)
(phone chiming)
(siren honking)
Shabbat!
THREE MONTHS LATER
Let's go. Did you take everything you need? - Yes.
Let's go, we have to hurry.
What?
Are you coming? - I'm coming. Hold on.
(playful guitar music)
Here you go.
All done? - Yes, thank you.
Hello. - Hello. - Is the place Kosher?
We don't have a certificate, but the kitchen is Kosher.
It's up to you.
Is this one any good?
The best in Jerusalem.
Was it made by the German guy who works here?
It's his recipe,
but he doesn't work here anymore.
Okay, I'll take one. - Yes?
(wind chimes clinking)
(gentle guitar music)
(gentle piano music)
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