The movie

Le pot-au-feu

France, 1885. Eugénie has been working as a chef for the famous gourmet Dodin for twenty years. Their shared passion for food has produced unique and exquisite dishes that have amazed even the most renowned chefs worldwide.

Length: 135 min
Country: France
Language spoken: French
Language subtitles: Dutch
Cast: Benoît Magimel, Juliette Binoche
Director: Trần Anh Hùng
Release date: 07/12/2023

Description

France, 1885. Eugénie has been working as a chef for the famous gourmet Dodin for twenty years. She is considered excellent in her field. Because she and Dodin have spent a lot of time together in the kitchen over the years, romantic feelings also arise between them. Their shared passion for food has produced unique and exquisite dishes that have amazed even the most renowned chefs worldwide. Because the freedom-loving Eugénie repeatedly rejects Dodin's marriage proposals, he decides to cook for his beloved for the first time.

A film with beautiful camera work and a lot of attention to atmosphere and sound. Inspired by La vie et la passion de Dodin-Bouffant, gourmet (1924) by writer Marcel Rouff. Trần Anh Hùng received the prize for best director at Cannes this year for Le Pot-au-Feu.