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Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros (2023)

Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros poster
Original title
Menus-Plaisirs, les Troisgros
Directed by
Frederick Wiseman
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
4h
Rated
PG
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary follows the daily work in a three-Michelin-star French restaurant. It shows the chefs, diners and staff as they prepare and serve meals over the course of several days.

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What happens

Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros (lit. 'Lesser pleasures: The Troisgros [family]'; French: [məny pleziʁ le tʁwaɡʁo]) is a 2023 French-language documentary film written and directed by Frederick Wiseman, in his final film before his death in February 2026. It follows the everyday activities of the French restaurant Le Bois sans feuilles. The film had its world premiere out of competition at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on 9 September 2023. It received universal acclaim, being considered one of Wiseman's best works. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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