Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
2023 film by Frederick Wiseman
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.
Synopsis
The film focuses on the Troisgros family's Michelin 3-star restaurant "Le Bois sans feuilles" ('The Woods Without Leaves') and the farms which provide them the food, with more brief segments focusing on two other Troisgros' restaurants, Le Central and La Colline du Colombier.
Like Wiseman's other documentaries, the film uses cinema verité observational footage with no interviews, music, or voiceover narration.
Production
The documentary was conceived in 2020, after Wiseman had lunch at the Troisgros restaurant and asked the chef to film a documentary without any prior planning. Filming took place with a four-person crew over 35 consecutive days in 2020.
Release
It premiered out of competition at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival. It was later screened in other festivals, including the Toronto Film Festival, the Busan Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, the Tokyo International Film Festival, and the Sydney Film Festival.
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