Kinamund

This gentle Danish film tells the story of Keld who receives no respect from anyone in his life, including his son. His wife leaves him and wants him to admit to adultery to speed up the process. In lamenting his life he begins eating at the local Chinese grill where he chronologically orders the different meal numbers day by day. Eventually he befriends the owner of this family business, Feng when the pipes burst and he begins work to fix them. Feng is in seach of someone to marry his sister Ling so that she can remain with the family in Denmark. In order to earn the money for his divorce settlement Keld agrees and despite the language barrier they develop a soft presence with each other. This movie offers what appears as a predictable point a to point b story but successfully takes its audience in unexpected directions.