We watched a movie last week that I think was one of the best I have seen in a long time. What makes this more surprising is that it is subtitled and takes place almost entirely inside of an old Norwegian bachelor's kitchen in the early 1950's.

The movie is Kitchen Stories, and it is based around a set of studies that Sweden performed regarding efficiency in the home. They would observe and document every step and move that housewives did in the kitchen, and from that presented what they said was the most optimal kitchen configuration.

After the perceived success of those studies they thought they would do the same for elderly bachelors. An observer is assigned to each bachelor and they put a big tall tennis judge chair in the corner of the kitchen. The observer is not allowed to talk with the subject. The subject is to be observed for a couple of months.

If you watch the trailer below and I think you will for sure want to rent the movie. I can't do it justice in just a couple of paragraphs.

Trailer for movie. (in English)
Swedish site for the film. (catchy background music)