Tampopo (1985)
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- Themes
- Healing (Mark 1:29-39)
- The 1987 movie "Tampopo" is about the search for the perfect noodle, and features lots of loosely connected stories about the power of food and eating. In one vignette, a father mourns as his wife lies dying, asking how he and their son will survive if she dies. As she clearly breathes her last (turning a ghastly pale blue-white) the father and son sob and beg her to arise, and COOK! The wife sits up slowly, prepares one final meal, and then expires in peace. Ever since I saw that, I cannot help but connect the scene of Jesus healing Peter's mother-in-law (Mark 1:29-39; also in Matthew and Luke) since the first thing she does when he revives her is start serving everyone in the house. (The Rev. Mary Beth Rivetti)
- Healing (Mark 1:29-39)
