Haute Cuisine (2012)
"Les saveurs du Palais" (original title)

The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.

Director:

Christian Vincent

Writers:

Etienne Comar (screenplay), Christian Vincent (screenplay),

Stars:

Catherine Frot, Arthur Dupont, Jean d'Ormesson

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Catherine Frot	...	Hortense Laborie
Arthur Dupont	...	Nicolas Bauvois
Jean d'Ormesson	...	Le Président
Hippolyte Girardot	...	David Azoulay
Jean-Marc Roulot	...	Jean-Marc Luchet
Philippe Uchan	...	Coche-Dury
Laurent Poitrenaux	...	Jean-Michel Salomé
Hervé Pierre	...	Perrières (as Hervé Pierre sociétaire de la Comédie Française)
Brice Fournier	...	Pascal Lepiq
Roch Leibovici	...	Olivier Moncoulon
Thomas Chabrol	...	Le directeur de cabinet du préfet
Arly Jover	...	La journaliste Mary
Joe Sheridan	...	Le photographe John
Louis-Emmanuel Blanc	...	Arnaud Fremier
David Houri	...	David Epenot

Storyline

Hortense Laborie is a celebrated chef living in the Perigord region. To her great surprise, the President of the Republic appoints her as his personal cook. She accepts reluctantly but once she has accepted her nomination, Hortense works her heart and soul to produce both a stylish and authentic cuisine. For a while, she manages to impose herself thanks to her sturdy character and despite the jealousies she arouses among the other chefs. For a while only, unfortunately for her and for... the President.

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Plot Keywords:

chef | haute cuisine | documentary crew | menu | dietician | 

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Genres:

Biography | Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [fr]

Country:

France

Language:

French English

Release Date:

19 September 2012 (France)

Also Known As:

Haute Cuisine

Filming Locations:

Château de Marigny, Marigny, Saône-et Loire, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vendôme Production, France 2 Cinéma, Wild Bunch

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Swiss censorship certificate # 1008.877.

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Soundtracks

"Ce n'est qu'un au revoir"
(Ald Lang Syne)
(traditional Scottish song)
words by Robert Burns
French words by Father Jacques Sevin (1820)

User Reviews

French Foodie drama.

The subject is OK and unfamiliar and 'Scope Eastmancolor production values are handsome - the close-ups of food are near obscenely gorgeous.

Catharine Frot and the cast (largely unfamiliar abroad, even with Hipolyte Gyradot in there) impress though the eighty five year old TV personality fronting as President of the French Republic does seem a bit too fragile and we have to wonder about the accent of the Australian TV reporter pursuing Catharine. The Elysses Palace and the remote Iceland expedition are intriguingly shown.

However we are left wanting the revelation, which they build up cross cutting the two situations, and it never arrives, stopping this from being more than a pleasant enough offering for the LADIES IN LAVENDER audience.