Haute Cuisine (film)

  • Catherine Frot: Hortense Laborie
  • Arthur Dupont: Nicolas Bauvois
  • Jean d' Ormesson: President
  • Hippolyte Girardot: David Azoulay
  • Jean -Marc Roulot: Jean -Marc Luchet
  • Philippe Uchan: Coche - Dury
  • Laurent Poitrenaux: Jean -Michel Salomé
  • Hervé Pierre: Perrières
  • Brice Fournier: Pascal Lepiq
  • Roch Leibovici: Olivier Moncoulon
  • Thomas Chabrol: Chief of Cabinet
  • Arly Jover: Mary
  • Joe Sheridan: Cameraman John
  • Louis -Emmanuel Blanc Arnaud Fremier
  • David Houri: David Epenot
  • Nicolas Chupin: Anthony
  • Pierre Moure: Guillaume
  • Steve Tran: Grégory
  • Manuel Le Lievre: Loïc Fournon
  • Richard Morgiève: Jacques Limozin
  • Catherine davenier: Madame Arvelet
  • Nicolas Beaucaire: Kramer

The cook and the President is a French film directed by Christian Vincent from 2012.

Action

Hortense Laborie works as a cook in the archipelago de Crozet. She is the only woman among the workers, and therefore falls on an Australian film crew that wants to make a documentary on the archipelago. They reported the journalist Mary and her cameraman John that Hortense is highly respected, but she has previously cooked for the President of France. Hortense, however, wants to circulate about this time, on the numerous rumors, do not speak, and shun the film crew.

Four years earlier: Hortense is brought by her estate in Périgord. It has the well-known chef recommended for a minister as a cook. It was only on the trip to Paris Hortense learns that she was engaged as a private chef for the president. In the Elysee Palace, they admitted and become familiar with the etiquette, but wonders after a while, what the president because you like to eat. As they say you only vaguely that he likes home cooking like his mother, she begins with indigenous, but refined dishes. The empty plates that are brought back into the kitchen, convince them that it is on the right track. One day, Hortense runs in the palace and suddenly to the president. However, he means it, that he can not yet received and allows them to be removed. Only a few days later, the president receives them to an audience. Although he actually only has ten minutes and must soon be at the airport, he talks to Hortense at the end of about half an hour about the food. Both state that they have read cookbooks since early childhood, and the President recommends be her favorite cookbook. He also makes it clear that he would like to have meals as simple as possible, but it wants to see the best of France on the plate.

Hortense, who previously processed ingredients, which took advantage of the large kitchen of the palace, the ingredients for the meals of the President is organizing itself, receives rare ingredients on their private contacts and can ever mushrooming of family members. She begins nachzukochen favorite dishes from the cookbook of the President. When they should define the menu for a big family party head of state, she opts for the topic The Loire and its tributaries with numerous fish and cheeses. The President is happy, the food but call him awake old childhood memories. Not thrilled are the personal physicians of President who prescribe him a strict diet. He may take no cheese, no heavy sauces and hardly animal fats to be. Hortense is forced to discuss all meal plans in advance with the doctors. Often, they must now compromise. Other problems too: the central kitchen feels Hortense curtailed their authority and impeded their work. From her nickname Dubarry rumor will arise later that she had an affair with the president. The audit procedure again criticized Hortense high food costs and unnecessary travel Ingredients organization. Although the president one day even comes into her kitchen and shows sympathy for the difficulties that she has to deal with, but it can change the situation nothing. A stress fracture in his leg, apparently lack the ability to compromise the central kitchen and a short coated food finally lead to Hortense gives up. She hands after nearly two years of their termination and the central kitchen triumphs.

Hortense announces itself as a cook on the archipelago de Crozet, thousands of miles away from Paris. Here she is working for a year and is now her farewell party with a big meal. You will retire to New Zealand where it has acquired land for truffle cultivation.

Production

The cook and the President is loosely based on the biography Mes carnets de cuisine. You Périgord à l' Elysées by Danièle Mazet- Delpeuch, which was from 1988 to 1990 cook for François Mitterrand. The name of the head of state is never mentioned in the film; the President was presented by the writer Jean d' Ormesson, who thus took his first role in a feature film. The cook and the President was shot, among others, in Périgord and Paris. The archipelago was found in the Icelandic island Reykhólar.

The film experienced on August 26, 2012 at the Festival d' Angoulême its premiere and came on 19 September 2012 in the French cinema. In Germany the film was shown on 20 December 2012 in theaters and appeared in May 2013 on DVD.

Criticism

The filmdienst found that the cook and the president was a likeable film that " quite devotedly to enjoy the food and the while developing interpersonal warmth " celebrates. " A delicious treat for the little cinema snack " Cinema wrote. For the mirror The cook and the president was a " harmless but light-footed fun with stunning actress and an endless, almost lustful staged parade of delights. "

Awards

Catherine Frot received a César Award nomination for Best Actress for her portrayal of chef Hortense Laborie 2013.

2012 in film Screenplay Film score Gabriel Yared
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