This is a story of a man and a woman who both are in love with the same person and the grief of the loss of their love. It is not a love story, but a story about love.

In love, we complete ourselves with someone else, we find the missing part of ourselves, we find where we belong when two become one. Then, how about losing the love we found? We feel a part of ourselves is lost, we are no longer completed and the place where we belong is gone. So, we start the searching again and that was what Thomas did.

He was searching it from someone who was long gone and will never return; so, what he did was traveling back in time, back in space, to live a life as Oren ever lived; by doing so, he can feel close to Oren again, he can grief his lost. He went to the swimming pool where Oren used to go, he ware the swimming short which Oren used to wear, he went to meet Oren's family, he even worked at the cafe together with Oren's wife. Did he find what he was looking for? Yes, he did, but not from shifting into Oren's life; from the moment Oren's mother invited him to the house, to the bedroom where Oren used to sleep, his healing starts by being accepted through the love of Oren's family. Could he tell the truth? How could he? It is love between two men, it is a country with strong religion restrict, it is two nations with too much unbearable history.

He is not the only person missing Oren and in hurt, Sarah too, but she couldn't grief her lost; Oren dies the night when she was told he is leaving her for someone else. That night, she lost him both in marriage and real life. After she hired Thomas at her cafe, she fell in love with the cake Thomas makes, just like how her husband did, also, just like how her husband did, she fell in love with him, too. So then, both of them, Thomas and Sarah, started to live a life as how Oren lived.

When the truth came out, it was the first time we saw both of them cried out loud; The truth is shocking and the tears are the first sign of recovering. They both couldn't hold it anymore, they crushed, in order to stand up again. Thomas's journey was completed, he returned to where he is from; Sarah, in the last scene of the film, we saw her in front of Thomas's cake shop, just like how Thomas was in front of her cafe at the first time.

It is not a love story, but a story about love, how love hurts, but also how love heals us.

A quietly beautiful film about having the courage to follow one's bliss.

Oren (Roy Miller), an Israeli who makes monthly business trips to Berlin, tells the counter man at his favorite bakery (Tim Kalkhof, playing Thomas) that Kredenz ("Cupboard") is the first place he visits every time he makes a trip to the city.

From there a hushed series of visits follows, during which the married Israeli and his baker lover enjoy a relationship that builds toward love. From the start, it seems that Thomas is the more vulnerable, seeking sustained connection. Oren is more elusive, saying he'd never abandon his wife, Anat (Sarah Adler).

This film is exceptionally well-cast, with excellent performances throughout. Kalkhof in particular impresses; a sensitive intelligence shines through his every scene as he conveys depth of feeling and thought. An unmade-up Ms. Adler also turns in an exceptional portrayal as she evolves from a harried working mother in mourning into a woman who wants soulfully to connect.

I found the bravery in this film to be inspiring. How incredible that Oren, after sharing his enthusiasm for Kredenz's Black Forest Cake, asks Thomas -- "a real Berliner" -- to help him find a gift for his son! And how powerful to witness Thomas follow his own yearnings to Jerusalem, where he orders breakfast at Anat's coffee shop, and, showing his own chutzpah, asks for a job. Female viewers may feel the greatest bravery is shown by Anat when she initiates affection with seeming workaholic Thomas, in a truly stunning sequence.

Along the way we see some of the beauty, as well as discomfiting aspects, of life in the Israeli capital, from winsome street scenes to the mistrust that may exist of people from the country that promulgated the Holocaust. Along the way we also learn about some Israeli foods, including bourekas (I've already printed out a recipe to try!)..

This is a very poignant film that handles the seemingly rarely examined realm of bisexuality.

My only quibble is with the movie's ambiguity toward its conclusion. It's unclear why Anat loses the important kashruth certification at her cafe. And there is murkiness surrounding the crumbled lists of cake ingredients that Anat examines at least twice -- why?

It's not entirely surprising to witness Anat in Berlin -- I haven't seen that towering golden angel statue since "Wings of Desire" -- in the movie's final frame. One imagines that her supportive mother-in-law is watching over her son. And one wishes this doughty woman well!