Funke (2018)

Funke: Directed by Gab Taraboulsy. With Evan Funke, Janet Zuccarini, Vinny Dotolo, Farley Elliott. When prodigious chef Evan Funke inexplicably walks away from his critically acclaimed restaurant his life and career are thrust into a dark vortex. Years later, still healing from the pain of emotional and financial ruin, Evan begins mounting his comeback, eyeing the most competitive street in America as a stage for the dying art of handmade pasta. Reconnecting with the best artisan pasta makers in the world, Funke finds himself fighting to fulfill his artistic destiny while battling the impossibly volatile LA restaurant industry.

“An engrossing journey into the obsessive mind of a brilliant pasta-maker, whose undeniable passion to share his really beautiful love of u0026quot;pasta fatto o manou0026quot; is starkly juxtaposed with the angst of opening a restaurant in the trendiest city of L.A. while dealing with snarky suits. And obviously, Chef Funkeu0026#39;s willingness to be totally vulnerable for this doc says a lot about him.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA total food doc for foodies! and at the very least, educational for those contemplating opening a restaurant in any metropolis.”