Estomago: A Gastronomic Story

In the great restaurant of life, there are those who eat and those who get eaten. Raimundo Nonato finds an alternative way, a life of his own: he cooks in order to survive and find a place in society. He arrives in town without a penny in his pockets and starts working as help in a decadent bar, a nasty place, lost amid the urban desert. He sleeps in the storage room on the back, and under a cold neon light learns how to fry "pastel" and "coxinhas", outdoing his "master", Zulmiro, the owner of the bar. Nonato is ignorant, but talented. He knows how to work the kitchen, soon others realize it too. The first one to notice him, is Iria, a prostitute, who doesn't know how to cook but loves to eat and starts an affair with him. Then, Giovanni, the owner of the Boccaccio (an Italian restaurant in the neighborhood), offers Nonato a job as his apprentice. A turn of events results in Nonato spending time in prison. For the prisoners and their boss, the violent Bujiù, Nonato is a savior; in fact soon their meager meals turn to a feast of exotic dishes orchestrated by Nonato's magic. As a consequence of this, Nonato is given the following the nickname, a well suited one indeed: Rosemary.

Grosses

Brazil
$302,539
Domestic ()
Summary Details
DistributorDowntown Filmes
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Opening$59,970
19 theaters
Release DateApr 11, 2008
Running Time1 hr 53 min
GenresComedy Crime Drama
In Release265 days/37 weeks
Widest Release19 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Apr 10-1313$59,970-19-$3,156$63,4061
Apr 17-2016$44,627-25.6%13-6$3,432$131,8252
Apr 24-2719$26,761-40%10-3$2,676$205,0023
May 1-420$28,882+7.9%14+4$2,063$266,6194
May 8-1115$22,508-22.1%15+1$1,500$299,3835
May 15-1814$21,021-6.6%18+3$1,167$331,2046
May 22-2515$21,726+3.4%19+1$1,143$368,1697
May 29-Jun 119$9,313-57.1%10-9$931$386,4208
Jun 5-822$5,678-39%3-7$1,892$403,8029
Jun 12-1517$7,367+29.7%10+7$736$407,99210
Jun 19-2255$424-94.2%8-2$53$431,99411
Jul 3-631$2,433-7-$347$442,75013
Jul 17-2045$1,153-6-$192$453,22715
Jul 24-2747$1,393+20.8%6-$232$461,26516
Jul 31-Aug 342$2,189+57.1%8+2$273$470,04417
Aug 7-10
Beijing Olympics
49$1,680-23.3%8-$210$455,03518
Aug 14-17
Beijing Olympics
46$2,020+20.2%10+2$202$454,63919
Aug 21-24
Beijing Olympics
35$4,565+126%11+1$415$464,53120
Sep 4-750$2,302-5-$460$440,43822
Sep 11-1456$1,316-42.8%2-3$658$430,17023
Sep 18-2160$1,057-19.7%2-$528$422,80324
Sep 25-2853$969-8.3%3+1$323$417,80625
Oct 2-551$1,156+19.3%4+1$289$394,34126
Oct 9-1251$854-26.1%2-2$427$338,55827
Oct 16-1952$1,113+30.3%4+2$278$423,90928
Oct 23-2658$747-32.9%1-3$747$424,90029
Nov 13-1652$729-4-$182$346,29232
Nov 27-3062$505-2-$252$425,99034
Dec 4-761$243-51.9%2-$121$302,53935