“Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros”, interview with director Frederick Wiseman

September 6, 2023

"Menus Plaisirs - Les Troisgros" by unconturnable director Frederick Wiseman, is an immersive experience into the famous family restaurant which had defended excellence over four generations.

"Menus Plaisirs - Les Troisgros", interview with director Frederick Wiseman Ilaria Gomarasca

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Director Federick Wiseman is back to Venice with a new immersive documentary, “Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros” screening in Venice Out of Competition.

“Menus Plaisirs” is a film about the Troisgros family and their three restaurants: Troisgros, Le Central and La Colline, located in three neighboring locations in central France. Troisgros, a restaurant founded 93 years ago, has had three Michelin stars for 55 years and in 2020 was awarded a Michelin Green star for exemplary sustainable practices.

“I saw how the combination of imagination, hard work, sensitivity, intelligence, and tradition combined to produce the multiple works of transitory and ephemeral art that each combination of ingredients represented on every plate served,” said Frederick Wiseman.

Plot

Founded in 1930 in central France, the Troisgros family restaurant has been holding 3 Michelin stars for 55 years over four generations.
Michel Troisgros, the third generation to head the restaurant, has turned over the responsibility for the cuisine to his son César, the 4th generation of Troisgros chefs.
From the market to pick fresh vegetables, to a cheese processing plant, a vineyard, an organic cattle ranch to the garden supplying the restaurant, Wiseman embarks us on a mouthwatering and sense-pleasing journey into the family’s three restaurant kitchens.
An immersive experience, showing the great artistry, ingenuity, imagination, and hard work of the restaurant staff in creating, preparing, and presenting meals of the highest quality.

Written by: Ilaria Gomarasca

Guest

Frederick Wiseman