This story vividly depicts mr. church in the eyes of the heroine Xiao Xia. One morning, Xiao Xia got up and found a black uncle cooking breakfast in her kitchen. Jazz is playing on the radio, and knives and forks are skillfully used in both hands. Soon, an exquisite Michelin breakfast was delivered to her. However, Xiao Xia naturally refused to buy it. Suddenly there is a black male chef at home who is like a full-time nanny. Xiao Xia, who has lived with her single mother for ten years, can't accept that her two-person world is broken by a strange black man.
It turned out that Xiao Xia's mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and she might only have six months left, while his mother's lover hired mr. church as the chef of Xiao Xia's family to take care of their food and daily life. At first, Xiao Xia was very resistant to delicious food, but before long, she was completely conquered by mr. church's craftsmanship and even took her classmates home to share her delicious food. Food can heal people's hearts, which only Xiao Xia couldn't think of. It is impossible without mr. church. This episode is simply a transplant of midnight food store, as if inviting the canteen owner to his home and turning him into his own personal chef.
Besides Michelin-like craftsmanship, mr. church loves reading very much. He takes his books to Xiao Xia's home and often shares them with Xiao Xia. Xiao Xia prefers this mr. church. Xiao Xia wants to know about mr. church and his private life after work. Every time I ask mr. church for information, he refuses, which makes Xiao Xia even more confused.
Perhaps this is the power of the church chef. Xiao Xia's mother struggled with the disease for six years until Xiao Xia graduated from high school. After his mother's funeral, mr. church gave Xiao Xia the living expenses he had saved in the past six years as college tuition. At this time, Xiao Xia has regarded mr. church as his family. Although he is not his father's position, mr. church's position is irreplaceable. Xiao Xia is about to go to college in other places, and she has no intention of finding the bar that mr. church often goes to after work. She heard the rumor about the bar. Xiao Xia doesn't trust mr. church. She hopes that mr. church can have a good life. Xiao Xia also hopes that mr. church has several family members who love him as much as she does.
Xiao Xia's college time was very full until she got pregnant before marriage, so she decided to go home and have a baby. mr. church's home is naturally her home. Mr. church also happily agreed to take care of Xiao Xia, provided that she respected her privacy, and Xiao Xia readily agreed. Every day, I can eat some Michelin food prepared by Mr. Church, and my life is the same as before. Mr. church is busy with her daily life during the day and will go to that bar at night. Mr. church, who found her coming home at night, always talked nonsense when she was drunk and put the matchbox in the bar on the table. In order to avoid embarrassment, Xiao Xia always quietly put the matchbox in the drawer and pretended not to know anything. The next morning, mr. church casually prepared breakfast for her. In fact, Xiao Xia knows that her mother's lover only left her family six months' living expenses, and the remaining five years' living expenses were paid by mr. church himself. Xiaoxia thinks mr. church is her benefactor, so Xiaoxia wants to know him so much.
Until one day, Xiao Xia couldn't help being curious. When mr. church left, he sneaked into his room to see what kind of life he was living. The result was found by mr. church who turned back halfway, which made him very angry and drove Xiao Xia out of the house. Xiao Xia lived in the street, was knocked down by accident, and almost had a miscarriage. Mr. church rushed to the hospital and told the doctor that he was Xiao Xia's family. Then he took Xiao Xia home and took care of Xiao Xia's life every day. It turns out that mr. church is good at piano and painting besides cooking and reading, and occasionally grows flowers and vegetables, which is a very standard life for middle-aged and elderly people. Xiao Xia's baby was born in such an environment, and mr. church naturally shouldered the daily life of Xiao Xia and the baby.
Time flies for many years, Xiao Xia's baby has grown up, and mr. church's hair and beard are slowly turning pale. One night, mr. church came home and fell down. Xiao Xia helped him back to his room, put him away and left. As a result, he forgot to hide the matches in the drawer of the bar. The next morning, they had breakfast tacitly, but after that day, mr. church never went to the bar again. Soon, mr. church became ill and couldn't cook for Xiao Xia and the children. Xiao Xia began to take care of mr. church's daily life, cooking for him and reading to him. Until one morning, mr. church died peacefully in bed. At his funeral, friends from the bar came to visit. Xiao Xia realized that mr. church had been playing the piano in the bar for 30 years, and even his friends didn't know that mr. church was so versatile.
There are still many unsolved mysteries at the end of the film, such as where mr. church often goes, what's the story behind mr. church's nonsense every time he gets drunk, and why mr. church is so afraid of others knowing his life, but we can guess some clues from the letters left by mr. church to Xiao Xia. Of course, that's not the point. Because the director has blurred this clue, he also wants to highlight the theme and focus on the story of mr. church watching the Xiao Xia family with love.
At the end of the movie, Xiao Xia wakes up one morning and hears mr. church's jazz music coming from the kitchen. She whispered mr. church's name, then walked over in confusion and found her daughter imitating the way mr. church cooked breakfast. Mr. church's love has already quietly nourished Xiao Xia's daughter, and Xiao Xia also said at the end that their family's belief is mr. church, and mr. church has protected three generations of Xiao Xia with his lifelong love.