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The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Hervé Pierre
- Perrières
- (as Hervé Pierre de La Comédie Française)
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- TriviaThe film is loosely based on "Mes carnets de cuisine. Du Périgord à l'Elysée", the memories of Danièle Delpeuch, the first and only female chef having worked for the French President at the Palais de l'Elysée
- ConnectionsFeatured in La noche de...: La cocinera del presidente (2017)
- SoundtracksParoles, Paroles
(Parole, Parole)
Music by Gianni Ferrio
Italian lyrics by Leo Chiosso and Giancarlo Del Re
French lyrics by Michaële
(c) 1972 Edizioni Curci Srl / Music Union Srl
Avec l'aimable autorisation de CURCI France
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Catherine Frot is a Magical Screen Presence
I've only seen Catherine Frot in one other movie--Coline Serreau's stunningly complicated CHAOS and she was marvelous. So when HAUTE CUISINE showed up on Netflix, I jumped at it. I love movies about food--WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE?, BIG NIGHT, MOSTLY MARTHA, EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN, BABETTE'S FEAST. They almost always manage to find humanity, absurdity and gently funny moments associated with food. Based on the real story of the first female chef who comes to cook for President Mitterand at the Elysee Palace, HAUTE CUSINE is a sweetly earnest story of Hortense Laborie, a fine French cook who is pulled away from her truffle farm in France to become the personal chef of the French president. Along the way she will encounter the petty and mean-spirited competition from the all-male kitchen that serves the palace, as she works tirelessly to provide the President with the foods he remembers from his childhood. The story is told in flashbacks as Hortense s finishing up a year-long stint as a cook for a research group in Anartica.
What makes the film work is the casting of Catherine Frot as Hortense. This superb actress gives Hortense a tense, focused and convincing believability. Horrtense arouses total loyalty from her sous chef and maitre'd as the palace personalities around her make life often rather difficult. Losing her calm only once, Frot has a confrontation in the movie that is a very satisfying answer to the pettiness she is surrounded by at the Palace. It is in stark contrast to the grateful affection she is shown by the men she cooks for every day in coldly forbidding Anartica.
HAUTE CUISINE is a quiet film of disarming charm. It doesn't break new ground, but it is a very satisfying movie which Catherine Frot at its center. Some have complained here that is a trifle and I'm not entirely disagreeing, but it is a movie worth seeing. I know I'll be seeing it again.
What makes the film work is the casting of Catherine Frot as Hortense. This superb actress gives Hortense a tense, focused and convincing believability. Horrtense arouses total loyalty from her sous chef and maitre'd as the palace personalities around her make life often rather difficult. Losing her calm only once, Frot has a confrontation in the movie that is a very satisfying answer to the pettiness she is surrounded by at the Palace. It is in stark contrast to the grateful affection she is shown by the men she cooks for every day in coldly forbidding Anartica.
HAUTE CUISINE is a quiet film of disarming charm. It doesn't break new ground, but it is a very satisfying movie which Catherine Frot at its center. Some have complained here that is a trifle and I'm not entirely disagreeing, but it is a movie worth seeing. I know I'll be seeing it again.
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- gregorybnyc
- Feb 24, 2014
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- Also known as
- Кухня для президента
- Filming locations
- Reykhólar, Iceland(as Crozet Island)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $217,883
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,387
- Sep 22, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $11,509,942
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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