Original name: La Passion De Dodin Bouffant
English name: The Pot Au Feu
Year: 2023
Run time: 135 Min
Language: French
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: France
Director: Tran Anh Hung
Producers: Olivier Delbosc
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Magimel, Emmanuel Salinger, Patrick D'assumçao, Galatea Bellugi, Jan Hammenecker, Pierre Gagnaire
Screenplay: Tran Anh Hung
Cinematographer: Jonathan Ricquebourg
Editor: Mario Battistel
Sound Designer:François Waledisch, Paul Heymans, Thomas Gauder
Production Company: Curiosa Films
World Sales: Gaumont Films
Tran Anh Hung (Danan, Vietnam. 1962) made his debut in 1993 with The Scent of Green Papaya, winner of the Caméra d'Or in Un Certain Regard at Cannes and of the César for Best Debut Feature, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Following this came Cyclo (1995), which carried off the Golden Lion and the FIPRESCI Prize in Venice. He returned to Un Certain Regard with The Vertical Ray of Sun and to the Venice competition with Norwegian Wood (2010). His other films are I Come with the Rain (2009) and Eternity (2016). The Pot-Au-Feu bagged the Best Director Award in Cannes 2023.
Peerless cook Eugenie has worked for the famous gourmet Dodin for the last 20 years. As time went by, the practice of gastronomy and mutual admiration turned into a romantic relationship. Their association gives rise to dishes, one more delicious than the next, that confound even the world's most illustrious chefs. But Eugenie is fond of her freedom and has never wanted to marry Dodin. So, he decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.