Menus Plaisirs - Les Troisgros

Two icons come together: the famous French gastronomic family Troisgros, captured by Frederick Wiseman, the legendary US chronicler of the present.

The Troisgros family and their three restaurants. For the most part, the film shows the Troisgros, which has been a three-star restaurant for 55 years. What’s sensational here is how something we experience primarily through our sense of taste and smell becomes a complex visual experience: we observe the daily routines, from buying vegetables and talking with the livestock farmers, to discussing the menu sequence and the process of cooking and serving guests. Seemingly everything that makes up high gastronomy is laid out before us. This includes the pursuit of sustainability. - The infinite precision, splendid sense of rhythm and awe-inspiring methodical approach that Frederick Wiseman, now 93 years old, once again brings to bear in documenting a part of our world is simply impressive. With great respect, he shows people and their devotion to good food.

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