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Warner Bros. Pictures
details
Release Date: Dec 25, 2000
Running Time: 117 mins. (V)
Additional Notes: dialogue English
Country Of Origin: France
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
synopsis
In 1671, Francois Vatel, a master chef, entertainer and steward, is hired by the Prince de Conde to prepare an important feast for the upcoming arrival of King Louis XIV. However, it will take nothing short of a miracle to prepare a fete fitting for royalty while Conde's provinces rest on the verge of financial ruin. Vatel, however, is a culinary genius with a heightened sense of resourcefulness with which to resolve each new crisis that threatens to damper the festivities. He is caught off guard by only one unforseen factor -- the ravishing beauty of royal newcomer, the regal Anne de Montausier. Not only has she caught the king's eye but also those of Vatel and the king's nasty aide the Marquis de Lauzon. To the monarch and the marquis she is but a sexual conquest, but Vatel and Anne recognize the decency and honesty in each other, qualities in short supply in the rarefied world in which they exist.
cast + crew
Director
Director
Francois Vatel
Anne de Montausier
Marquis de Lauzun
Prince de Conde
King Louis XIV
Philippe d'Orleans--'Monsieur'
Gourville
Colbert
Dr Bourdelot
Princesse de Conde
screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
screenplay adaptation
Producer
Producer
Co-Producer
Associate Producer
reviews
February 15, 2001
"Vatel" lavishes beaucoup francs on re-creating the court of the Sun King, Louis XIV, in the France of 1671, and then kills the effect with a script that's from hunger. Whatever they spent hiring "Shakespeare in Love" Oscar winner Tom Stoppard to adapt an original screenplay by Jeanne Labrune, they was robbed. What there is of a plot involves cooking. Gerard Depardieu, looking alarmingly beefy, plays Vatel, the steward to the Prince de Conde (Julian Glover). The prince is going bankrupt, but if…
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