Dough is a 2015 British-Hungarian stoner comedy film directed by John Goldschmidt and written by Jonathan Benson and Jez Freedman released to mixed reviews.
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Plot
Nat Dayan, the owner of a Jewish bakery, hires Muslim African immigrant Ayyash Habimana to work in the shop. Ayyash, who sells marijuana to support his mother, drops some into dough used for challah to hide it, but the marijuana accidentally gets mixed in, causing the challah to become popular.
Cast
Jonathan Pryce as Nat Dayan – Baker
Jerome Holder as Ayyash Habimama – Apprentice
Philip Davis as Sam Cotton – Competitor
Ian Hart as Victor Gerrard – Drug dealer
Pauline Collins as Joanna Silverman – Lady friend
Andrew Ellis as Lucas – Friend
Malachi Kirby as Shaun – Friend
Natasha Gordon as Safa Habimama – Mother
Melanie Freeman as Olivia Dayan – Granddaughter
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a score of 53% based on 60 reviews. Robbie Collin of Daily Telegraph reading; "Neither the social realism nor the stoner antics feel sufficiently thought-through, making Dough the definition of half-baked".