Menus-Plaisirs, les Troisgros

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Film TitleMenus-Plaisirs, les Troisgros
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Length240mins
Year2023
CountryFrance, United States of America
DirectorFrederick Wiseman
ActorsJean-Pierre Troisgros, Marie Badaut, Jean Troisgrois, Pierre Troisgros
LanguageFrench, English
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Founded in 1930, Troisgros has held three Michelin stars for 55 years. The children of the fourth generation, Marie-Pierre and Michel’s sons are continuing the family business: César runs the Michelin-starred restaurant, “Le Bois sans feuilles” (“The Leafless Wood”), and Léo is in charge of one of the other two Troisgros restaurants, “La Colline du colombier” (“The Dovecote Hill”). From the daily market to the cheese maturing cellars, via the vineyard, the cattle farm and the vegetable garden adjacent to the restaurant, Menus-Plaisirs is an intimate, sensory journey through the kitchens of one of the world’s most prestigious restaurants.

Wiseman’s slow-cooked but satisfying Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros occupies a generous space between his sober portraits of American institutions and his more epicurean films about the French arts.