A veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.
Acting
Jean Reno is somehow both terrifying and a cinnamon roll.
Practical Effects
Real chefs, real food, real hunger-inducing close-ups.
Writing
Surprisingly sharp on food industry class politics.
Director
Daniel Cohen
Michaël Youn
Jacky Bonnot
Jean Reno
Alexandre Lagarde
Raphaëlle Agogué
Béatrice
Julien Boisselier
Stanislas Matter
Salomé Stévenin
Amandine
Serge Larivière
Titi
Issa Doumbia
Moussa
Bun-hay Mean
Chang
Pierre Vernier
Paul Matter
Santiago Segura
Juan
Geneviève Casile
La mère de Béatrice
André Penvern
Le père de Béatrice
James Gerard
Cyril Boss
Laurent Claret
Le critique
Christophe Paou
Le sommelier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michaël Youn trained with actual Michelin-starred chefs for three months; he reportedly gained 15 pounds from tasting everything.
The film satirizes real tensions in 2010s French gastronomy when molecular cuisine threatened traditional restaurants—think Ferran Adrià vs. every bistro in Paris.
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