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Toast is a 2010 British biographical comedy-drama film based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by the cookery writer Nigel Slater. The film was directed by S. J. Clarkson and written by Lee Hall. The cast includes Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Stott and Oscar Kennedy. [1]
In 1950s Wolverhampton, nine-year-old Nigel (Freddie Highmore) is left with his distant father (Ken Stott) and new housekeeper Joan Potter (Helena Bonham Carter) after the death of his adored mother (Victoria Hamilton).
Adapted from his memoir, "Toast... “A cook who writes”: this is how Nigel Slater defines himself, who is also the host of his own television program on the BBC.
- 96 min
- 7.3K
- Cinéma Cinémas
Toast: Directed by S.J. Clarkson. With Oscar Kennedy, Victoria Hamilton, Colin Prockter, Ken Stott. The ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960s Britain.
- (11K)
- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- S.J. Clarkson
- 2010-12-30
Sep 23, 2011 · Young Nigel Slater (Freddie Highmore) has big culinary aspirations, even though all his mother (Victoria Hamilton) knows how to make is toast. When his mother dies, relations grow strained...
- (35)
- Helena Bonham Carter
- S.J. Clarkson
- Comedy, Drama
Sep 22, 2011 · Freddie Highmore plays the teenage Nigel, who shrugs off the scorn of his classmates for studying home economics and becomes the star of his cooking class. As a fledgling chef, he weathers a...
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Based on the bittersweet story of food writer Nigel Slater's childhood, and set to the songs of Dusty Springfield, Toast is a delicious love letter to the tastes and smells that a young boy associates with his journey into adulthood.