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The Celebration (1998)
, 1h45Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama
Themes Cooking films, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Rape in fiction, Films about pedophilia
Actors Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen, Trine Dyrholm, Klaus Bondam
Respected family patriarch and businessman Helge (Henning Moritzen) is celebrating his 60th birthday at the family-run hotel. Gathered together amongst many family and friends are his wife Else (Birthe Neumann), Christian (Ulrich Thomsen), his sullen eldest son, his well-traveled daughter Helene (Paprika Steen), and Michael (Thomas Bo Larsen), his boorish younger son. Christian's twin sister, Linda, recently committed suicide at the hotel.
Ratatouille (2007)
, 1h51Directed by Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Cooking films, Films about the labor movement, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Daniel Day-Lewis, Janeane Garofalo, Peter O'Toole
Remy is an idealistic and ambitious young rat, gifted with highly developed senses of taste and smell. Inspired by his idol, the recently deceased chef Auguste Gusteau, Remy dreams of becoming a cook himself. When an old woman sees his clan, they are forced to abandon their home; Remy is separated from them as a result of the woman's gunshots. He ends up in the sewers of Paris and eventually finds himself at a skylight overlooking the kitchen of Gusteau's restaurant.
Tampopo (1985)
, 1h54Directed by Jūzō Itami
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy
Themes Cooking films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kōji Yakusho, Fukumi Kuroda, Rikiya Yasuoka
A pair of truck drivers, the experienced Gorō (Tsutomu Yamazaki) and a younger sidekick named Gun (Ken Watanabe), stop at a decrepit roadside ramen (noodle) shop. Outside, Gorō rescues a boy who is being beaten up by three schoolmates. The boy, Tabo, turns out to be the son of the widowed owner of the struggling business, Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto). When a customer called Pisken (Rikiya Yasuoka) harasses Tampopo, Gorō invites him and his men to step outside. Gorō puts up a good fight, but outnumbered by Pisken and his men, he is knocked out and wakes up the next morning in Tampopo's home.
, 1h40Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Cooking films
Actors João Miguel, Babu Santana, Fabíula Nascimento, Jean-Pierre Noher, Paulo Miklos
The film shows in parallel two periods in the life of Raimundo Nonato (João Miguel): one follows his successful career as a cook, the other as a prisoner in a cell with about ten other convicts. It gradually becomes clear that these events happen after the former.
, 1h40Directed by Mel Stuart
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Cooking films, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Denise Nickerson
In an unnamed European town, children go to a candy shop after school. Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), whose family is poor, can only stare through the window as the shop owner sings "Candy Man". The newsagent for whom Charlie works after school gives him his weekly pay, which Charlie uses to buy a loaf of bread. On his way home, he passes Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. A mysterious tinker (Peter Capell) recites the first lines of William Allingham's poem "The Fairies", and tells Charlie, "Nobody ever goes in, and nobody ever comes out." Charlie rushes home to his widowed mother (Diana Sowle) and his four bedridden grandparents. After he tells Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson) about the tinker, Joe tells him that Wonka locked the factory because his arch-rival, Mr. Slugworth, and other candy makers sent in spies disguised as employees to steal Wonka's recipes. Wonka disappeared, but three years later began selling more candy; the origin of Wonka's labour force is a mystery.
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
, 2h3Directed by Ang Lee
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Cooking films, Films about religion
Actors Wang Yu-Wen, Yang Kuei-Mei, Sylvia Chang, Winston Chao, Gua Ah Leh, Chen Chao-jung
The setting is 1990s contemporary Taipei, Taiwan. Mr. Chu (C: 老朱, P: Lǎo Zhū "Old Chu"; Sihung Lung), a widower who is a master Chinese chef, has three unmarried daughters, each of whom challenges any narrow definition of traditional Chinese culture:
The Lunchbox (2013)
, 1h44Directed by Ritesh Batra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nimrat Kaur, Lillete Dubey, Denzil Smith, Shruti Bapna
Saajan Fernandes is a widower, about to retire from his job as an accountant. Ila is a young wife seeking her husband's attention, looking for ways to put romance back into her marriage, one of which is to cook delicious food for him. Through a rare mix-up of the famous "dabbawalas"" (a complicated system that picks up and delivers lunches from restaurants or homes to people at work) of Mumbai, the lunchbox Ila prepares for her husband gets delivered, instead, to Saajan. Ila eventually realizes the mistake and with the advice of her aunt living in the apartment above her, writes a letter to Saajan about the mix up and places it in the lunchbox ( along with her husband's favorite meal) the next day.
Food, Inc. (2008)
, 1h34Directed by Robert Kenner
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about animals, Cooking films, Environmental films, Medical-themed films, Obésité, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about animal rights, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentaire sur la malbouffe, Documentary films about health care, Films about disabilities, Political films, Documentary films about nature
Le film s’inspire de l’essai Fast Food Nation d’Eric Schlosser. Il traite de la production de nourriture à grande échelle aux États-Unis et conclut que la viande et les légumes produits par ce type d’industrie sont mauvais pour la santé et pour l’environnement malgré les messages et l'imagerie présents sur les emballages des aliments. Pour cela l'enquête s'attache sur l'élevage industriel de bovins et d'ovins en interrogeant des éleveurs enchaînés à leurs emprunts dans le but de suivre le cahier des charges des grandes firmes agroalimentaires comme Cargill ou Smithfield Foods ainsi que sur le rôle prépondérant du maïs la plupart du temps maïs génétiquement modifié dans la composition de la quasi-totalité des produits vendus en supermarché aux Etats-Unis et ailleurs dans le monde. Le témoignage d'une mère devenue défenseuse des droits des consommateurs à la suite du décès accidentel de son fils, Kevin Kowalcyk, empoisonné par la bactérie Escherichia coli après avoir mangé un hamburger apporte un argument supplémentaire. Cette famille a obtenu gain de cause avec l'adoption de la Kevin's Law.
The Game Changers (2019)
Directed by Louie Psihoyos
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Sports films, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentary films about sports, Documentaire sur la malbouffe
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Game Changers suit le parcours de James Wilks, un entraîneur d'élite des forces spéciales, spécialisé dans le combat rapproché (self defence) et vainqueur de The Ultimate Fighter 2009, qui, blessé aux deux genoux lors d'un entrainement et souhaitant hâter sa guérison, parcourt le monde en cherchant à savoir si, la viande et les protéines sont véritablement nécessaires pour la santé et la force physique, y compris de sportifs de haut-niveau.
Babette's Feast (1987)
, 1h42Directed by Gabriel Axel
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Bodil Kjer, Bibi Andersson, Ghita Nørby
The elderly and pious Protestant sisters Martine (Birgitte Federspiel) and Philippa (Bodil Kjer) live in a small village on the remote western coast of Jutland in 19th-century Denmark. Their father was a pastor who founded his own Pietistic conventicle. With their father now dead and the austere sect drawing no new converts, the aging sisters preside over a dwindling congregation of white-haired believers.
Crooks in Clover (1963)
, 1h45Directed by Georges Lautner
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Mob film, Action, Crime
Themes Cooking films, Gangster films
Actors Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Jean Lefebvre, Francis Blanche, Venantino Venantini, Sabine Sinjen
Fernand Naudin (Lino Ventura) is an ex-gangster, who now deals in agricultural machinery and lives in Montauban. His modest, quiet life is disrupted when his childhood friend, nicknamed "The Mexican", who has become the Boss of a gangster organisation, summons him to his death bed. He has to take care of his friend's "business" and of his daughter, Patricia, who only thinks about having fun and has never been kept in a college for more than six months. Mister Folace (Francis Blanche) watches after "The Mexican"'s camp followers with a benevolent neutrality, as he don't feel really concerned by the upcoming quarrel about the succession, like Jean (Robert Dalban), butler and former housebreaker.
Fried Green Tomatoes (1992)
, 2h16Directed by Jon Avnet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Cooking films, Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Vieillesse, LGBT-related films, Political films, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Cicely Tyson, Chris O'Donnell
Evelyn Couch (Bates), a timid, unhappy housewife in her forties, meets elderly Virginia Threadgoode, known as Ninny (Tandy) in an Anderson, Alabama nursing home. Ninny, over several encounters with Evelyn, tells her the story of the now-abandoned town of Whistle Stop, and the people who lived there. The film's subplot concerns Evelyn's dissatisfaction with her marriage and her life, her growing confidence, and her developing friendship with Ninny. The narrative switches several times between Ninny's story, which is set between World War I and World War II, and Evelyn's life in 1980s Birmingham.
The Gleaners and I (2000)
, 1h22Directed by Agnès Varda
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Cooking films, La mondialisation, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentaire sur l'altermondialisme, Documentaire sur la société humaine
Actors Agnès Varda
Un peu partout en France, Agnès a rencontré des glaneurs et glaneuses, récupereurs, ramasseurs et trouvailleurs. Par nécessite, hasard ou choix, ils sont en contact avec les restes des autres. Leur univers est surprenant. On est loin des glaneuses d'autrefois qui ramassaient les épis de blé après la moisson. Patates, pommes et autres nourritures jetées, objets sans maître et pendule sans aiguilles, c'est la glanure de notre temps. Mais Agnès est aussi la glaneuse du titre et son documentaire est subjectif.
A Grand Day Out (1990)
, 23minutesDirected by Nick Park
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Cooking films, Space adventure films, Feminist films, Sur la Lune, Comedy science fiction films, Films about dogs, Political films, Space opera, Children's films, Sur la Lune, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Robot films
Actors Peter Sallis, Peter Hawkins
As Wallace and Gromit relax at home, wondering where to go on vacation during the upcoming bank holiday, Wallace decides to fix a snack of tea and crackers with cheese. Finding no cheese in the kitchen, he decides that the pair should go to a place known for its cheese. A glance out the window at the night sky gives them the idea to travel to the moon, since, according to Wallace, "everybody knows the moon's made of cheese." They build a rocket in the basement and pack for the trip, but after lighting the fuse, Wallace realizes that he has forgotten to bring any crackers. Hurrying to the kitchen, he grabs several boxes and returns to the rocket just in time for liftoff.
Forks Over Knives (2011)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about animals, Cooking films, Environmental films, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentary films about animal rights, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentaire sur la malbouffe, Documentary films about health care, Political films, Documentary films about nature
À travers un examen des carrières du médecin américain Caldwell Esselstyn et du professeur de biochimie nutritionnelle T. Colin Campbell , Forks over Knives suggère que « l'évolution de beaucoup, sinon toutes, les maladies dégénératives qui nous affligent peut être contrôlée, voire inversée, en rejetant notre alimentation actuelle basée sur les aliments transformés et d'origine animale. » Il fournit aussi une vue d'ensemble du projet China-Cornell-Oxford, long de 20 ans, qui mena aux trouvailles du professeur Campbell, esquissé dans son livre, The China Study (2005). Il y suggère que maladie cardiaque, diabète, obésité, et cancer peuvent être liés au régime alimentaire occidental d'aliments transformés et d'origine animale (y compris les produits laitiers).