A widowed Chinese man, with his son in tow, arrives in a roadside cafe in Finnish Lapland searching for someone called "Fongtron", and has no luck with this. However, things take an upturn when he starts making Chinese meals there, initially to the bewilderment of the backwoods locals, then earning their universal approbation.
A Spice for Life is a film of limited ambition or scope, content to rely on the culture clash set-up for sustenance, but it's a sweet concoction nevertheless, full of little moments of comedy and pathos.
6/10
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