Selma is excited to make pizza for her father’s birthday and for the whole family to go to the amusement park together. But when her father fails to show up on time, the day unravels. He joins them eventually, but by then the siblings have split off in search of a good time without him.

The erratic behavior of an unreliable parent has a silver lining in Ahmet Toğaç’s delicate film, in which disappointed siblings find solace in each other. Alight with funfair illuminations, Home Cooking revolves around hunger—for affection, for completeness, and for promises fulfilled.