‘Boil’
Manager: Tran Anh Hung
Artists: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Galatea Bellugi
Year: 2023
Premiere: 12/20/23
★★★★
Slowly burning with the careful and patient meaning of the term, Tran Anh Hung cinematically adapted for the season this film of the same name, set in France at the end of the 19th century, where gastronomic pleasure and the swamps of love passion come together. absolute harmony. This isn’t just another kitchen movie.
The preparation, cooking and seasoning of various meats, fish, legumes, eggs, bacon, mushrooms and sauces play a very important role in the story. As can be seen from the first 20 minutes of footage, which shows the work in the kitchen, the art of cooking and arranging the plates beautifully, it is filmed like a real ballet, with the camera following the characters between the tables, with almost no words used. , boilers and stoves. But also Vietnamese filmmaker Anh Hung, whose first known film was not about food but had a very gastronomic title, ‘The Scent of Green Papaya’. It depicts with tremendous delicacy and sensitivity the strange relationship between the elite chef, played by Juliette Binoche, and the famous gourmet, played by Benoît Magimel.
If the beginning is a dance, the rest of the film is an intimate, calm portrait. One of these two characters who enjoy food and love each other, but cannot fully come together for different reasons. The last part has great intensity, evidenced once again by the almost musical sensitivity of the camera.
Source: Informacion
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