The 1960s-set Peruvian drama 'Mistura', featuring Bárbara Mori as Norma, has been described as maintaining a 'gentle simmer'. The film centres on Norma, a high-society wife who, after her husband leaves her, makes a significant gamble by opening a restaurant in her home to pay the mortgage.
Norma, portrayed as a 'glacial beauty', is suggested by her chauffeur Oscar (Cesar Ballumbrosio) to open the restaurant. Despite her father being the French ambassador to Peru and her supposed passion for gastronomy, the script is noted as inconsistent, with Oscar also stating he has never seen her 'so much as light the oven'.
The restaurant faces a four-month deadline to succeed before the bank repossesses the house. Early reviews for the French cuisine are 'tepid', and the restaurant is reportedly 'half empty'. Norma hires a Japanese Peruvian sous-chef and Oscar works front of house.