Film Information
Year: 2023
Duration: 134'
Language: VOSE
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
Loosely based on Marcel Rouffe’s 1924 novel The Passionate Epicure, it follows the life of Dodin Bouffant, a preeminent chef who has been living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie for over two decades. Growing fonder of one another, their bond turns into a romance and gives rise to delicious dishes that impress even the world’s most illustrious chefs. When Dodin is faced with Eugénie’s reluctance to commit to him, he decides to start cooking for her.
Director
Trần Anh Hùng is a French filmmaker of Vietnamese ancestry. He was born in Mỹ Tho, South Vietnam. He immigrated to France at age 12, where he majored in philosophy. By chance, he saw Robert Bresson’s film A Man Escaped and decided to study film instead. He went on to study photography at the Louis Lumiere Academy, which trains cinematographers. Hùng has been at the forefront of a wave of acclaimed overseas Vietnamese cinema over the past two decades. His films have received international fame and acclaim, and his first three features were varied meditations on life in his home country Vietnam. Hùng’s Oscar-nominated debut (for Best foreign film) was The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), which also won two top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. His follow-up Cyclo (1995, which featured Hong Kong movie star Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), won the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival. The Vertical Ray of the Sun, released in 2000, was the third film in his “Vietnam trilogy.” After Eternity in 2016, his return in a French production, The The Pot-au-Feu, was announced in February 2022, with Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel in the cast.
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