Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
PG
Founded in 1930 in central France, the Troisgros family restaurant has been holding 3 Michelin stars for 57 years over four generations. Michel Troisgros, the third generation to head the restaurant, has turned over the responsibility for the cuisine to his son César, the fourth generation of Troisgros chefs. From the market to pick fresh vegetables, to a cheese processing plant, a vineyard, an organic cattle ranch to the backyard garden supplying the restaurant, Frederick Wiseman takes us on a mouthwatering and sense-pleasing journey into the family’s three restaurant kitchens.
An immersive experience, four hours long, without interviews, narration or music, Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros shows the great artistry, ingenuity, imagination, and hard work of the restaurant staff in creating, preparing, and presenting meals of the highest quality.
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“It’s one of the great films about food and cooking, right up there with Big Night and Tampopo, an equally great “process” movie that shows the inner workings of a fine dining restaurant, from the initial purchase of produce and meat and fish to its preparation, plating, and service. ”
Roger Ebert
“Wiseman’s ability to weave unlikely cinematic magic from the artistry of process remains in as fine a form as ever”
Paste Magazine