Synopsis
The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.
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Cast
- Catherine FrotHortense
- Arthur DupontNicolas Bauvois
- Jean d'Ormessonle président de la République
- Hippolyte GirardotDavid Azoulay
- Jean-Marc RoulotJean-Marc Luchet
- Arly JoverMary
- Brice FournierPascal Lepiq
- Philippe UchanCoche-Dury
- Laurent PoitrenauxJean-Michel Salomé
- Roch LeiboviciOlivier Moncoulon
Recommendations
- 80
Village Voice
Writer-director Christian Vincent and co-writer Étienne Comar, aided by Frot's quiet intensity, imbue Hortense's quest to pull off culinary miracles with an urgency that's almost absurdly compelling, and all the more entertaining for it. - 80
The Dissolve
A warm and enjoyable small-scale film. - 80
Wall Street Journal
"Witty and brisk" is not the name of a French breakfast cereal, but it does describe a certain brand of French film, the type that coquettishly flirts with comedy while sprinting in the direction of dry, sophisticated charm. Such is Haute Cuisine. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Haute Cuisine is light on plot, long on flavor and deliciously French. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Its restraint is its strength. The focus on a woman's passionate hard work without need of marital-status back story is refreshing. - 67
The A.V. Club
Narrowness of focus keeps the movie from becoming bloated with self-importance, but it also leaves it feeling a little inconsequential. - 67
The Playlist
Unfortunately, the film itself is so determinedly middle-brow with little to dislike other than how eager it is to please and how wary it is of offending. Unlike Hortense’s flavorful cooking, Haute Cuisine is aggressively bland. - 50
The New York Times
As flatly directed by Christian Vincent, Haute Cuisine is a reserved, très simple tale that raises the occasional smile and tummy rumble but keeps hiccuping because of the drawn-out parallel story about her subsequent tour of duty.
