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Kitchen Stories (2004)
, 1h35Directed by Bent Hamer
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Cooking films
Actors Bjørn Floberg, Reine Brynolfsson, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Leif Andrée, Lennart Jähkel, Trond Brænne
Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.
Le Grand Chef (2007)
, 1h53Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films
Actors Kim Kang-woo, Lee Ha-na, Lee Min-ho, Im Won-hee, Jung Eun-pyo, Ahn Gil-kang
At a press conference, the cooking knife of the last Royal Chef of Joseon Dynasty is presented to the public. The chef, who did not wish to cook for the Japanese imperial rulers, cut off his hand with this knife. The Japanese bureaucrat at the time was moved by the chef's loyalty to king and country, and kept it upon his return to Japan. Now, to redeem past evils, his son has decided to return it to Korea. In order to find a deserving owner he announces a nationwide culinary competition to find the best cook to own this knife, and become the true heir of the last Korean Royal Chef of Joseon Dynasty.
, 1h52Directed by Jean-Paul Jaud
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Environmental films, Films about the labor movement, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentaire sur la malbouffe, Documentary films about health care, Documentaire sur le monde du travail, Documentary films about nature
Our Children Will Accuse Us tells the story of an initiative in Barjac, a commune located in the Gard department in southern France, that decided to introduce organic produce into the town's school cafeteria. The film depicts without concessions the environmental tragedy which threatens the young generation: the poisoning of our country sides by agricultural pesticides (76 000 tons of pesticides used each year in France) and the harm caused to public health and safety.
El Ejido, la loi du profit (2006)
, 1h21Origin Belgique
Genres Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Films about the labor movement, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentaire sur la malbouffe, Documentaire sur le monde du travail
Today, the formerly-desertic region of Almeria in southern Spain produces one third of Europe's winter consumption of fruits and vegetables and reaps two thirds of the country’s farm profits. This 'economic miracle' in a greenhouse relies on the labour of nearly 80.000 immigrants, half of whom do not have working papers. In a destroyed environment where the air is vitiated by pesticides and ground water is running out, the village of El Ejido illustrates, almost to the point of caricature, this industrial exploitation of men and the land encouraged by globalisation. Driss, Moussaid and Djibril are day-labourers there, working for a pittance and, as is the case with most of their peers, without a working contract. They stay in chabolas, small constructions made of cardboard and plastic, without water or electricity. It is a near-slavery that fills our tables.
Directed by Jean-Paul Jaud
Genres Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Environmental films, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentaire sur la malbouffe, Documentary films about health care
En 1992, au Sommet de la Terre à Rio de Janeiro, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, une enfant de 12 ans interpellait les dirigeants du monde entier sur la situation humanitaire et écologique de la planète.
Step Up to the Plate (2012)
, 1h26Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Documentaire sur la cuisine
Documentaire sur le restaurant de Michel Bras et de son fils Sébastien.
The Cheese Mites (1903)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Documentaire sur la cuisine
A gentleman is put off his lunch when he holds up a magnifying glass and sees a microscopic view of the cheese mites in his Stilton cheese sandwich.
The Baker's Wife (1938)
, 2h15Directed by Marcel Pagnol
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Melodrama
Themes Films about animals, Cooking films, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Charles Moulin, Fernand Charpin, Robert Vattier, Charles Blavette
The peacefulness of a village is shattered when the wife of the local baker runs off with a handsome shepherd. In his despair, the baker becomes heartbroken and no longer bakes bread. The villages organize forces to bring the wife back to her husband, and back to their daily bread.
We Feed the World (2005)
, 1h36Directed by Erwin Wagenhofer
Origin Austria
Genres Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Environmental films, La mondialisation, Films about the labor movement, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentary films about business, Documentaire sur l'altermondialisme, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentaire sur la malbouffe, Documentaire sur le monde paysan, Documentary films about health care, Documentaire sur le monde du travail
Avec We Feed the World, le documentariste Erwin Wagenhofer propose aux spectateurs un regard sur l'agriculture mondiale moderne. En passant par la Roumanie, l'Autriche, le Brésil, la France et l'Espagne, son enquête se focalise sur la manière dont est fabriqué ce qui arrive dans notre assiette. Il montre que la domination du Nord sur le Sud est prégnante. Comment est-il possible qu'en Afrique l'on achète des produits européens ou asiatiques comme le poulet thaïlandais ? Le réalisateur présente une face peu connue de la mondialisation : en achetant un poulet industriel, on contribue au défrichement de l'Amazonie car le Brésil déforeste pour cultiver le soja qui sert à nourrir les volailles élevées en batterie (90 % de la production de soja du Brésil est exportée). Le documentaire souligne également la différence entre industrie agroalimentaire et petite exploitation. We Feed the World adopte un style « coup de poing » visant à éveiller les consciences.
The Seafarers (1953)
, 30minutesDirected by Stanley Kubrick
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about politics, Documentaire sur le monde du travail, Political films
There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
, 1h35Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Peter Sellers, Goldie Hawn, Diana Dors, Tony Britton, Gabrielle Drake, Nicky Henson
Sellers appears as Robert Danvers, a vain, womanizing and wealthy host of a high-profile cooking show. He meets Hawn's character, a no-nonsense American hippie living with an English rock musician in London, and, to everyone's surprise, falls for her.
Waiter! (1983)
, 1h42Directed by Claude Sautet, Jacques Santi
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Yves Montand, Rosy Varte, Nicole Garcia, André Chaumeau, Jacques Villeret, Dominique Laffin
Alex is an aging waiter who dreams of becoming a singer. He also wants to show that he is as virile as he was when he was young and starting out as a waiter. When former lover Claire reenters his life after 17 years, he gets his chance to show off his musical skills.
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.
, 52minutesOrigin Quebec
Genres Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Chef Thémis, the founder of the Cooks Without Borders organization, returns to his country of origin, Madagascar, to teach classes and show the underprivileged how to cook. With very few means, he manages to put together his first class, comprising eighteen people. From his enthusiasm as he starts out to his doubts when faced with the gigantic task that lies ahead of him, the film accompanies him over the three years the project lasts. Beyond their adventure, the film asks a question that any emigrant may face. Querying exile and the need to repay a moral debt to the country they left behind.