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The Wing or the Thigh? (1976)
, 1h50Directed by Claude Zidi, Jean-Jacques Beineix
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Circus films, Cooking films
Actors Louis de Funès, Coluche, Julien Guiomar, Claude Gensac, Ann Zacharias, Martin Lamotte
Charles Duchemin (Louis de Funès) is the editor of an internationally known restaurant guide. After being appointed to the Académie française, Duchemin decides to retire as a restaurant critic and trains his son Gérard (Coluche) to continue the family business. However, Gérard Duchemin is more interested in his true passion—the circus—than high cuisine. Soon, however, Charles' plans to retire are complicated by the arrival of Jacques Tricatel (Julien Guiomar), the owner of a company of mass-produced food. Fearing for the future of high cuisine, Charles and his son strive to ruin Tricatel's company in any way they can. This movie is an allegory of the antagonism between USA culture and French culture as it was seen by French people in the 70s.
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
, 1h37Directed by Ron Clements, John Musker
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Cooking films, Films about magic and magicians, Musical films, Political films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, Jim Cummings, Peter Bartlett
In 1912 New Orleans, a seamstress named Eudora is reading the story of The Frog Prince to her daughter, Tiana, and her friend, Charlotte La Bouff. Charlotte finds the story to be romantic, while Tiana proclaims she will never kiss a frog. The years pass, and by 1926 Tiana has grown into an aspiring young chef who works two jobs, both as a diner waitress, so she can save enough money to start her own restaurant, a dream she shared with her late father James, who presumably died in the Great War.
The God of Cookery (1996)
, 1h35Directed by Stephen Chow, Lee Lik-chi
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy
Themes Cooking films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Stephen Chow, Vincent Kok, Karen Mok, Christy Chung, Nancy Sit M.H., Lee Siu-kei
Stephen Chow (the Chinese characters used for Chow's name in the movie are different from Chow's actual name), is a corrupt celebrity chef who secretly knows very little about cooking, runs a successful business empire, and is willing to hawk any product for a price. Arrogant and cocky, Chow is dubbed the "God of Cookery" and appears as a judge for culinary competitions rigged to make him look good.
The Founder (2016)
, 1h55Directed by John Lee Hancock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Cooking films, Films about the labor movement, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentary films about business, Documentaire sur la malbouffe, Documentaire sur le monde du travail
Actors Michael Keaton, Laura Dern, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Linda Cardellini, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch
Chronicling the rise of McDonald's fast food empire, The Founder tells the true story of how Illinois salesman Ray Kroc met brothers Mac and Dick McDonald, who were operating a hamburger restaurant in southern California in the 1950s. Kroc subtly maneuvered himself into a position to take control of their company, which grew into one of the world's best-known brands after he bought the chain for $2.7 million in 1961.
Soul Kitchen (2009)
, 1h39Directed by Fatih Akın
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Birol Ünel, Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Udo Kier, Pheline Roggan, Wotan Wilke Möhring
Zinos, a German of Greek descent, owns Soul Kitchen, a shabby, run-down restaurant providing working-class food in the Hamburg area, in an old warehouse space. The business is struggling financially, and tax inspectors ask Zinos for payments. Occasionally a punk rock band uses the restaurant as practice space, but never pays rental fees. An old sailor, Sokrates, continuously works on his boat at the warehouse, but is never able to pay the rent.
Super Size Me (2004)
, 1h38Directed by Morgan Spurlock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Medical-themed films, Obésité, Films about the labor movement, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentary films about business, Documentaire sur la malbouffe, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about health care, Documentaire sur le monde du travail, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors Morgan Spurlock
Plus d'un tiers des enfants et des adolescents américains ont un problème de poids. Deux adultes sur trois aux États-Unis d'Amérique sont atteints de surcharge pondérale ou d'obésité. Comment les États-Unis sont-ils devenus aussi gros ? Les chaînes de restauration rapide sont souvent montrées du doigt mais plusieurs procès qui leur ont été intentés par des clients devenus obèses ont été perdus faute de preuves.
Mostly Martha (2001)
, 1h49Directed by Sandra Nettelbeck
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Martina Gedeck, Sergio Castellitto, Ulrich Thomsen, Sibylle Canonica
Martha Klein (Martina Gedeck) is a chef at Lido, a gourmet restaurant in Hamburg, Germany. A perfectionist who lives only for her work, Martha has difficulty relating to the world other than through food. Her single-minded obsession with her culinary craft occasionally leads to unpleasant confrontations with customers. Consequently, the restaurant owner, Frida (Sibylle Canonica), requires her to see a therapist (August Zirner) to work out her poor interpersonal skills. Martha's therapy sessions, however, turn into monologues on food, and her approach to stress management usually involves briefly retreating to the restaurant's walk-in refrigerator.
The Dead (1987)
, 1h23Directed by John Huston
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Cooking films, Films about writers
Actors Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Colm Meaney, Dan O'Herlihy, Donal Donnelly, Helena Carroll
L'histoire se passe à Dublin, chez les trois demoiselles Morhan, en 1904. C'est le réveillon, toute la famille se réunit autour d'une dinde et de whiskeys. Le repas ne commence qu'après des danses familiales, un morceau de piano, une vieille chanson et une étrange histoire bien racontée. Au dîner, sous l'effet de la bonne nourriture et des alcools, les langues vont se délier et chacun pourra exprimer ses idées ou ses souvenirs. Un discours de Gabriel très émouvant aidera chacun à se révéler. Lors du départ, un air lointain fredonné provoquera une grande nostalgie chez Gretta qui évoquera à son mari, de retour chez eux, son amour de jeunesse. Des photos de paysages irlandais clôturent ce testament cinématographique de John Huston.
The Red Inn (1951)
, 1h35Directed by Claude Autant-Lara
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Cooking films, Serial killer films
Actors Fernandel, Didier d'Yd, Françoise Rosay, Julien Carette, Jacques Charon, Marie-Claire Olivia
En 1833, un groupe de voyageurs, auquel vient se joindre un moine mendiant accompagné d'un novice, se voit contraint de passer la nuit à Peyrebeille, dans une auberge isolée au milieu des montagnes ardéchoises. La femme de l’aubergiste avoue au moine sous le sceau de la confession qu'elle et son mari ont déjà tué plus de cent clients, volé leurs objets de valeur et enterré leurs corps dans le jardin.
Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
, 1h53Directed by Alfonso Arau
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Margarita Isabel, Mario Iván Martínez, Claudette Maillé
Tita, as the youngest daughter in a traditional Mexican family, is forbidden to marry. Her duty is to care for her mother until the day the mother dies. Therefore, when Pedro, the boy Tita has fallen in love with, and his father come to ask for Tita’s hand in marriage, Tita's mother, Mama Elena, refuses. Mama Elena offers her other daughter, Rosaura, and Pedro accepts in order to be closer to Tita. Tita bakes the wedding cake with tears, causing vomiting, crying, and a longing for their true love in all those who eat it.
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
, 2h10Directed by Marco Ferreri, Rémy Duchemin
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Andréa Ferréol, Monique Chaumette
The film tells the story of four friends who gather in a villa for the weekend with the express purpose of eating themselves to death. Bouffer is French slang for "excessive eating". (the Italian abbuffata means "great eating").
Cigarettes & Coffee (1993)
, 24minutesDirected by Paul Thomas Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Cooking films
Actors Philip Baker Hall, Kirk Baltz, Miguel Ferrer, Scott Coffey
An older man (Hall) is sitting at a table with a younger man (Kirk Baltz) at a diner discussing a matter over cigarettes and coffee. A newlywed couple sits at the table next to them discussing how the wife lost all their money gambling on craps. Another man, Bill (Miguel Ferrer), is outside of the diner making a phone call but the matter being discussed is unclear.
Kitchen with Apartment (1993)
, 1h36Directed by Philippe Muyl
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Cooking films, L'action se déroule en une journée, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Zabou Breitman, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Sam Karmann, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui
Jacques et Martine, un couple de bourgeois ordinaires, invitent à dîner deux amis perdus de vue depuis dix ans : un écrivain et journaliste à succès et sa femme, entièrement dévouée à sa carrière. Parmi les invités figurent aussi Georges, le copain hébergé, et Fred, le frère de Martine, avec sa copine Marylin.
Piccadilly (1929)
, 1h32Directed by Edmond T. Gréville, Ewald André Dupont
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Cooking films
Actors Gilda Gray, Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Charles Laughton, Ray Milland, Cyril Ritchard
Valentine Wilmot's London nightclub and restaurant, Piccadilly Circus, is a great success due to his star attraction, dancing partners Mabel (Gilda Gray) and Vic (Cyril Ritchard). One night, a dissatisfied diner (Charles Laughton) disrupts Mabel's solo with his loud complaint about a dirty plate. When Wilmot investigates, he finds Shosho (Anna May Wong) distracting the other dishwashers with her dancing. He fires her on the spot.
Chef Donald (1941)
, 8minutesDirected by Jack King
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Cooking films, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films
Actors Clarence Nash, Walt Disney
Donald décide de faire des gaufres en suivant la recette donnée par une émission de radio mais il se trompe dans un des ingrédients...