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Grandmas Project – Marillenknödel

Jan 28, 2018

0h 8m

★ 0.0

Overview

Mona Achache delivers a delicious portrait of her grandmother, Suzanne Achache–Wiznitzer, affectionately nicknamed "Mamé". Short film from the Grandmas Project, a collaborative web documentary that invites filmmakers from across the world to document their grandmothers’ signature recipes.

Genres

Documentary

Family

Production Companies

Chaï Chaï Films

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Cast

Self

Suzanne Achache-Wiznitzer

Self

Mona Achache

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6.7

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8.7

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0.0

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5.4

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5.2

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9.5

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0.0

Holy God

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0.0

Seven Islands and a Metro

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5.7

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6.0

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4.8

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8.3

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8.0

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6.0

Women and Water

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4.7

Sixten

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5.3

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5.6

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Grandmas Project – Marillenknödel

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