Delicious

Original title: Délicieux

2021
1h 52m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

6.1K

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Isabelle Carré and Grégory Gadebois in Delicious (2021)

France, 1789, just before the Revolution. A chef who ha been sacked by his master finds the strength to free himself from being a servant to open the first restaurant.

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France, 1789, just before the Revolution. With the help of a surprising talented young woman, a chef who has been sacked by his noble master finds the strength to free himself from his posit... Read allFrance, 1789, just before the Revolution. With the help of a surprising talented young woman, a chef who has been sacked by his noble master finds the strength to free himself from his position as a servant and opens the first ever restaurant.France, 1789, just before the Revolution. With the help of a surprising talented young woman, a chef who has been sacked by his noble master finds the strength to free himself from his position as a servant and opens the first ever restaurant.

Director
- Éric Besnard
Writers
- Éric Besnard
- Nicolas Boukhrief
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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

6.1K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Éric Besnard
Writers
- Éric Besnard
- Nicolas Boukhrief
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations

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Trivia
Very loosely based on true events as the first restaurants in France around 1789 emerged in Paris, not the countryside. Furthermore, the movie is not historically correct either by claiming that the first restaurant was created in France. The modern concept of a restaurant was already happening 600 years before in China circa 1100.

Crazy credits
At the end of the credits, there is a short clip of a table, with two 'Delicious' set amidst items of food, flowers, wine, etc, while some butterflies flutter about.

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7/10

Impressed me without stepping outside of the box

I went in expecting a somewhat schmaltzy, feel-good movie and that's what I got. But it was a beautifully done and sets itself apart from many other movies that follow the same formula with beautiful direction an underlying message of being true to a passion. It was exactly what I needed after a string of downers.

There are some tropes and cliches, any seasoned moviegoer will be able to predict the plot as it unfolds. I was unfamiliar with the cast; everybody played their parts well, but nobody particularly stood out to me. The production design was outstanding, it was a simple movie about simple people so less was more. Sometimes a simple, direct approach is the best route.