1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:01:18,000 ... 2 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,290 Birds are chirping. 3 00:01:26,370 --> 00:01:28,790 A cow moos in the distance. 4 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:36,790 ... 5 00:01:36,950 --> 00:01:39,120 A rooster crows in the distance. 6 00:01:39,370 --> 00:01:40,660 Chirps 7 00:01:40,910 --> 00:01:56,830 ... 8 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,000 A cow moos. 9 00:02:06,250 --> 00:02:08,790 A church bell rings in the distance. 10 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:14,950 ... 11 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:26,250 - Hello, Violet. 12 00:02:26,410 --> 00:02:28,950 - Hello Sir. - Have you seen Eugénie? 13 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:33,120 - She is in the vegetable garden, she chooses vegetables with Louis. 14 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,540 - Is my bath ready? 15 00:02:38,790 --> 00:02:40,910 - Another pot, sir. 16 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:42,120 - THANKS. 17 00:02:42,750 --> 00:03:04,370 ... 18 00:03:04,660 --> 00:03:05,700 - THANKS. 19 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:08,370 Crackling 20 00:03:15,660 --> 00:03:17,040 Sizzling 21 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:23,700 ... 22 00:03:24,660 --> 00:03:25,870 He smells the air. 23 00:03:26,950 --> 00:03:31,250 ... 24 00:03:40,580 --> 00:03:41,660 - Violet? 25 00:03:48,410 --> 00:03:49,410 THANKS. 26 00:03:52,830 --> 00:03:53,910 - Um... 27 00:03:55,950 --> 00:03:58,250 Eugenie, it’s delicious. 28 00:04:06,830 --> 00:04:08,910 Who are you, young girl? 29 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:14,290 - This is Pauline, my niece. I have to watch it today. 30 00:04:15,910 --> 00:04:18,950 - Please, sit down. - Thank you, sir. 31 00:04:21,870 --> 00:04:26,080 - I advise you to eat it with the spoon, it changes everything. 32 00:04:34,330 --> 00:04:35,370 Frying 33 00:04:35,660 --> 00:04:45,910 ... 34 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,250 - Violette, will you come, please? 35 00:04:49,540 --> 00:04:51,870 Come take over for me, thank you. 36 00:04:55,700 --> 00:04:59,160 Rack of veal, please. - Yes. 37 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,080 - THANKS. 38 00:05:07,660 --> 00:05:11,790 When you're done, get busy crayfish, please. 39 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,250 It boils. 40 00:05:13,410 --> 00:05:17,540 Frying and clashing kitchen utensils 41 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:36,750 ... 42 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,790 Here, look, we're going to put the fish. 43 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:44,790 Do you want to help me? 44 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,080 So. Go ahead. 45 00:06:01,580 --> 00:06:03,700 You can put that there. 46 00:06:03,950 --> 00:06:11,790 The butter crackles. 47 00:06:11,950 --> 00:06:15,200 Ladles and pans collide. 48 00:06:15,370 --> 00:06:30,750 ... 49 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,250 - I'm going to make the dumplings. 50 00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:45,450 Crayfish and ice cubes hit the saucepan. 51 00:06:45,620 --> 00:06:49,330 Clash of the pestle in the mortar 52 00:06:49,500 --> 00:06:52,500 ... 53 00:07:08,910 --> 00:07:11,200 Can I have the crème fraîche? 54 00:07:14,950 --> 00:07:15,950 THANKS. 55 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,950 Sound of water pouring. 56 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:31,700 Kitchen atmosphere 57 00:07:47,580 --> 00:07:50,040 Crackling of dumplings 58 00:07:50,200 --> 00:08:00,160 ... 59 00:08:00,330 --> 00:08:02,870 - Take out the rack of veal, please. 60 00:08:12,950 --> 00:08:15,080 Vegetables, Violette. 61 00:08:15,750 --> 00:08:16,750 THANKS. 62 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:40,790 ... 63 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,500 Cockscombs. 64 00:08:46,620 --> 00:08:49,750 - Violet, filter the butter, please. 65 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,370 - Yes, sir. 66 00:08:51,660 --> 00:09:01,290 Kitchen atmosphere 67 00:09:08,750 --> 00:09:22,410 Crackling and crackling sounds 68 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,000 - Thank you. 69 00:09:33,750 --> 00:09:35,120 - Oh... 70 00:09:35,870 --> 00:09:38,040 Pauline, come here. 71 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,000 Sense. 72 00:09:41,910 --> 00:09:43,120 Does it smell good? 73 00:09:43,370 --> 00:09:45,120 - Yes. - Here, have a taste. 74 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:55,330 Remember this taste. 75 00:09:55,620 --> 00:09:58,580 It will be necessary to compare once clarified. 76 00:10:08,250 --> 00:10:10,330 A peacock cries. 77 00:10:10,620 --> 00:10:14,410 ... 78 00:10:14,700 --> 00:10:16,790 Birds chirping 79 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:22,870 ... 80 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,500 A dove coos. 81 00:10:25,750 --> 00:11:09,000 ... 82 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,000 Water is boiling. 83 00:11:28,750 --> 00:11:30,950 Do you know this sauce? 84 00:11:41,950 --> 00:11:43,080 - No. 85 00:11:43,950 --> 00:11:45,660 - Could you tell me 86 00:11:45,830 --> 00:11:47,700 what's inside? 87 00:11:56,700 --> 00:11:58,160 - From the rib dish. 88 00:12:01,790 --> 00:12:02,830 Smoked bacon. 89 00:12:06,950 --> 00:12:08,830 Red peppers. 90 00:12:09,580 --> 00:12:11,000 Mushrooms. 91 00:12:14,750 --> 00:12:15,950 Fennel. 92 00:12:16,790 --> 00:12:18,290 Tomato. 93 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:20,410 Orange. 94 00:12:30,830 --> 00:12:31,910 Wine. 95 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:33,540 - Wine that we flambé. 96 00:12:38,700 --> 00:12:41,000 - Parsley. Thyme. 97 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:42,160 Laurel. 98 00:12:46,370 --> 00:12:47,370 Cumin. 99 00:12:50,290 --> 00:12:51,330 Juniper. 100 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,700 Cloves. 101 00:12:54,250 --> 00:12:55,540 - Go on. 102 00:12:56,700 --> 00:12:59,830 - That's all, I think. - There is also 103 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,950 paprika, cognac. 104 00:13:02,250 --> 00:13:06,040 And to reduce the acidity of the wine, redcurrant jelly. 105 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,870 There you go, you know how to do 106 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:10,700 Burgundy sauce. 107 00:13:10,870 --> 00:13:11,950 Well done. 108 00:13:29,700 --> 00:13:32,000 Amazing, this little one. 109 00:13:32,540 --> 00:13:33,540 - Yes. 110 00:13:35,700 --> 00:13:45,080 Water running into the pot 111 00:13:45,250 --> 00:13:53,000 ... 112 00:14:08,750 --> 00:14:14,040 Shudder 113 00:14:14,290 --> 00:14:16,000 Here, Violette. 114 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,160 Wine, please. 115 00:14:32,410 --> 00:14:52,160 Kitchen atmosphere 116 00:15:05,790 --> 00:15:06,830 Be careful. 117 00:15:07,000 --> 00:16:15,700 ... 118 00:16:16,330 --> 00:16:18,000 - There, you make a well. 119 00:16:21,250 --> 00:16:22,870 And you water... 120 00:16:24,620 --> 00:16:27,290 broth egg whites 121 00:16:27,580 --> 00:16:30,120 to filter impurities. 122 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:34,750 This is how you will get a very clear broth. 123 00:16:35,290 --> 00:16:36,290 Hold. 124 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:47,200 Taste. 125 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:53,830 Is it different from everything on time, before clarification? 126 00:17:01,290 --> 00:17:02,290 - Yes. 127 00:17:02,580 --> 00:17:05,080 The taste is less strong. - So. 128 00:17:05,330 --> 00:17:07,000 What you lose in taste, 129 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,160 you win it in color. 130 00:17:09,410 --> 00:17:11,750 Just now, the taste was gross. 131 00:17:11,910 --> 00:17:15,250 - As far as I'm concerned, let's wait for it again. 132 00:17:15,540 --> 00:17:18,750 After all, Rabaz does a good deed 133 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,870 by assisting this young mother to give birth. 134 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:24,500 What do you think, Magot? 135 00:17:24,750 --> 00:17:27,200 - Hm... - And you, Beaubois? 136 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:30,290 - I agree with you, Grimaud. 137 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:38,910 - Man owes it to wine to be the only animal to drink without thirst. 138 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,540 - Wine is the intellectual part of a meal. 139 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:44,120 Meat, vegetables, the material part. 140 00:17:44,290 --> 00:17:47,410 - The worst thing is not being hungry, but not knowing 141 00:17:47,580 --> 00:17:50,540 when we go to eat. - Ah, there’s Rabaz. 142 00:17:50,700 --> 00:17:55,160 - My apologies, my friends. I had to go home to change. 143 00:17:55,330 --> 00:17:57,410 A pretty little girl 144 00:17:57,580 --> 00:18:01,250 came into the world today. - While waiting for you, 145 00:18:01,410 --> 00:18:04,830 we almost couldn't resist consumption. 146 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:09,700 - Very quickly, the newborn threw himself greedily on his mother's breast. 147 00:18:09,870 --> 00:18:12,250 It whetted my appetite. 148 00:18:14,620 --> 00:18:34,160 ... 149 00:18:34,410 --> 00:18:36,870 - This broth is nothing but sweet. 150 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:38,540 Clatter of cutlery 151 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:47,370 ... 152 00:18:55,580 --> 00:18:58,750 Frictions of the whip in the pan 153 00:18:58,910 --> 00:20:07,370 ... 154 00:20:09,370 --> 00:20:10,540 - There you go. 155 00:20:14,250 --> 00:20:16,200 - Oh... 156 00:20:22,410 --> 00:20:24,750 The crackle puff pastry. 157 00:20:24,910 --> 00:20:45,700 ... 158 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,580 - What a perfect expression. 159 00:20:48,830 --> 00:20:51,620 - A Puligny-Montrachet, my friend. 160 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:04,120 - THANKS. 161 00:21:04,660 --> 00:21:05,870 A chattering magpie. 162 00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:12,790 ... 163 00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:20,870 She's having trouble breathing. 164 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:26,000 ... 165 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,580 - Are you not feeling well, Eugénie? 166 00:21:35,660 --> 00:21:36,700 -(It's okay...) 167 00:21:38,370 --> 00:21:40,040 It's okay, I... 168 00:21:40,290 --> 00:21:41,370 It's going to be okay. 169 00:21:41,540 --> 00:21:44,160 Someone is coming. 170 00:21:49,580 --> 00:21:52,660 - Antonin Carême would have invented the vol-au-vent 171 00:21:52,830 --> 00:21:54,580 by catching a puff pastry 172 00:21:54,750 --> 00:21:56,750 which would have swelled in the oven. 173 00:21:56,910 --> 00:21:59,540 Do you believe this story? 174 00:21:59,790 --> 00:22:02,290 - We are not historians. 175 00:22:02,450 --> 00:22:05,580 But we love good stories. 176 00:22:05,750 --> 00:22:08,870 Even invented. - What an extraordinary destiny 177 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,370 for this poor child abandoned at 8 years old. 178 00:22:12,540 --> 00:22:16,370 Since his death, many kings came down from their throne. 179 00:22:16,540 --> 00:22:18,410 Lent remained standing. 180 00:22:18,580 --> 00:22:21,500 And no rival glory was not imposed. 181 00:22:21,660 --> 00:22:26,330 - I imagine this child, a bundle on the shoulder, while his father 182 00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:28,290 abandons him in Paris. 183 00:22:28,450 --> 00:22:32,500 He listens to his father tell him not to come home 184 00:22:32,660 --> 00:22:35,450 where there is not enough to eat 185 00:22:35,620 --> 00:22:38,000 for him and his 14 brothers and sisters. 186 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,160 - And he never saw his family again 187 00:22:41,410 --> 00:22:45,200 even though he never left Paris after its abandonment. 188 00:22:45,370 --> 00:23:20,450 ... 189 00:23:20,620 --> 00:23:22,870 - Wait, let's take it slowly. 190 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,750 I'm going to take the other side. 191 00:23:33,500 --> 00:23:36,200 Was the vol-au-vent good? 192 00:23:36,450 --> 00:23:40,000 - It's the best thing that I have ever eaten. 193 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:48,750 - Finish your vol-au-vent. 194 00:23:49,040 --> 00:24:28,330 ... 195 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:29,700 - Um... 196 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,160 Clatter of cutlery 197 00:24:32,330 --> 00:24:51,200 ... 198 00:24:51,950 --> 00:24:53,500 -Do you like it? 199 00:24:55,370 --> 00:24:56,370 - Yes. 200 00:24:56,790 --> 00:24:59,790 The flesh of the fish is very soft. 201 00:25:15,950 --> 00:25:17,580 - A Clos Vougeot. 202 00:25:18,370 --> 00:25:19,950 - Well done, Rabaz. 203 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:21,410 - Excellent. 204 00:25:26,660 --> 00:25:28,500 - Ah, this Rabaz... 205 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:33,450 Phew! 206 00:25:36,620 --> 00:25:37,620 Hmm! 207 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,790 -"God had only made water, the man made the wine.” 208 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:53,540 He's good. 209 00:25:56,120 --> 00:26:00,500 - Let me tell you a good story story about Clos Vougeot. 210 00:26:00,660 --> 00:26:03,660 In 1364, Pope Urban V wanted 211 00:26:03,950 --> 00:26:08,080 that the papal court leaves Avignon to return to Rome... 212 00:26:08,830 --> 00:26:10,200 Oh, my God. 213 00:26:10,450 --> 00:26:13,660 - Yes, Grimaud, every sentence must be suspended 214 00:26:13,950 --> 00:26:16,540 upon the arrival of a turkey with truffles. 215 00:26:16,790 --> 00:26:19,250 Now, this is just a rack of veal 216 00:26:19,410 --> 00:26:20,620 fried Choisy. 217 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:22,200 - GOOD. 218 00:26:22,450 --> 00:26:27,200 Petrarch wrote it, the cardinals did not want to leave Avignon. 219 00:26:27,750 --> 00:26:32,000 They saw themselves leading a life miserable without Burgundy wines. 220 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,410 The resistance was such 221 00:26:34,580 --> 00:26:38,580 that the pope had to threaten to excommunicate the abbot of Cîteaux, 222 00:26:38,830 --> 00:26:40,660 Jean de Bussieres, 223 00:26:40,950 --> 00:26:45,120 if he did not stop supplying Avignon in Clos Vougeot. 224 00:26:46,500 --> 00:26:48,660 On the death of Urban V, 225 00:26:48,950 --> 00:26:51,540 his successor, Gregory XI, 226 00:26:51,790 --> 00:26:55,540 rushed to cancel the threat of excommunication 227 00:26:55,790 --> 00:26:59,790 to receive again from Clos Vougeot to his court. 228 00:27:04,450 --> 00:27:05,450 - Um... 229 00:27:15,870 --> 00:27:16,870 - Um... 230 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,290 Swift calls 231 00:27:20,450 --> 00:28:22,370 ... 232 00:28:22,540 --> 00:28:23,540 - Violet. 233 00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:25,870 Hold. 234 00:28:36,410 --> 00:28:37,410 - Oh ! 235 00:28:43,450 --> 00:28:46,870 - It's always impressive. - Gorgeous. 236 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:51,200 -And there's ice inside. - It's miraculous. 237 00:28:51,750 --> 00:28:54,790 - Miraculous, that's saying a lot. 238 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,450 It's a scientific fact. 239 00:28:57,700 --> 00:28:58,790 But yes, 240 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,500 beaten egg white is an insulator. - Really ? 241 00:29:02,660 --> 00:29:04,830 - The ice cream remains frozen. 242 00:29:07,330 --> 00:29:09,750 - Really ? I didn't know that. 243 00:29:13,870 --> 00:29:17,950 - He is a physicist, an American who established this fact. 244 00:29:18,830 --> 00:29:22,450 Who gave Balzac the idea to create this dessert. 245 00:29:22,620 --> 00:29:23,620 - All right. 246 00:29:25,370 --> 00:29:28,830 - Balzac, the chef of the Grand Hotel. 247 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:30,450 - Oh yes, yes. 248 00:29:30,620 --> 00:29:33,450 It was he who created... - Absolutely. 249 00:29:33,620 --> 00:29:37,450 - What does he call it again? - Norwegian omelette. 250 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:38,700 - All right. 251 00:29:39,950 --> 00:29:42,000 A clock strikes. 252 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,620 - So, finally, it's a scientific dessert. 253 00:29:46,870 --> 00:29:48,750 - Somehow. 254 00:29:50,450 --> 00:29:52,450 Birds chirping 255 00:29:52,700 --> 00:30:04,790 ... 256 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,160 - What's it called? 257 00:30:07,410 --> 00:30:10,370 - It's a Norwegian omelette. 258 00:30:13,290 --> 00:30:15,660 - Why "Norwegian"? 259 00:30:15,830 --> 00:30:17,450 - I don't know. 260 00:30:17,700 --> 00:30:19,450 Someone is coming. 261 00:30:19,620 --> 00:30:21,000 - Eugenie... 262 00:30:21,870 --> 00:30:23,790 Eugenie, thank you! 263 00:30:25,370 --> 00:30:28,120 It was absolutely wonderful. 264 00:30:28,370 --> 00:30:31,330 - THANKS. - We miss you at the table. 265 00:30:32,410 --> 00:30:35,580 - Why you are never at the table with us? 266 00:30:35,830 --> 00:30:39,790 - Dodin, organize yourself to May Eugenie be with us at the table. 267 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,450 - You have to ask Eugénie. 268 00:30:42,620 --> 00:30:46,200 - It's not possible. - For what ? I'm sure it does. 269 00:30:46,450 --> 00:30:49,750 - Your presence would be enjoyable for everyone. 270 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:54,700 - To do what I have to do well, I have to be here, in my kitchen. 271 00:30:56,540 --> 00:30:59,450 No, it's... At the table... 272 00:30:59,620 --> 00:31:03,540 I'm already chatting with you through what you eat. 273 00:31:04,370 --> 00:31:08,370 And there's nothing you eat at the table that I don't eat. 274 00:31:08,540 --> 00:31:10,620 Turbot, for example. 275 00:31:10,870 --> 00:31:14,580 I have eaten it since that he arrived here this morning, 276 00:31:14,830 --> 00:31:16,080 I have it... 277 00:31:16,660 --> 00:31:18,250 hummed. 278 00:31:18,870 --> 00:31:23,410 Returned, caressed every moment of his presence in this kitchen. 279 00:31:24,290 --> 00:31:27,450 I know its color by heart, 280 00:31:27,620 --> 00:31:32,080 its consistency, even the taste it has without having bitten into it. 281 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:37,370 You don't get anything more of this turbot than I get. 282 00:31:37,540 --> 00:31:40,450 Now, gentlemen, go to the living room. 283 00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:44,870 Violette will serve you the liqueurs. - You are an artist. 284 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:46,160 THANKS. 285 00:31:46,410 --> 00:31:49,660 - I have a little surprise extraordinary. 286 00:31:49,950 --> 00:31:51,540 - A marvel. 287 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,000 -(Violet.) 288 00:32:04,580 --> 00:32:07,410 - They say you're an artist. 289 00:32:07,580 --> 00:32:08,620 It's true ? 290 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,660 - They say anything. 291 00:32:13,950 --> 00:32:15,790 - They are telling the truth. 292 00:32:35,330 --> 00:32:37,750 - He's an artist. 293 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:42,450 - Who is it ? 294 00:32:42,620 --> 00:32:45,000 - His name is Antonin Carême. 295 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,120 - Why didn't they the same hat? 296 00:32:48,290 --> 00:32:51,080 - For Lent, the cook's cap 297 00:32:51,250 --> 00:32:54,200 evoked a man getting out of bed, 298 00:32:54,450 --> 00:32:58,830 that's why he slipped inside a cardboard disc. 299 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:03,160 And this drawing shows the way he carries it, on the side. 300 00:33:10,370 --> 00:33:11,700 What is there? 301 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,410 - Since when have you been doing the kitchen at the castle? 302 00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:21,870 - Oh, uh... 303 00:33:22,540 --> 00:33:24,120 Since... 304 00:33:24,700 --> 00:33:26,250 long time. 305 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:29,950 - It's Mr. Dodin 306 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:34,370 who taught you to cook? - No. I already cooked before. 307 00:33:35,450 --> 00:33:37,620 - Who taught you to cook? 308 00:33:37,790 --> 00:33:41,620 - My parents, my father was a great pastry chef in Paris. 309 00:33:41,870 --> 00:33:43,620 Famous, even. 310 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:49,410 But most of all I learned from my mother, he wasn't very patient. 311 00:33:49,580 --> 00:33:51,500 - Where are your parents? 312 00:33:51,660 --> 00:33:54,450 - They've been dead for a long time. 313 00:34:04,540 --> 00:34:07,200 How did you feel while eating 314 00:34:07,370 --> 00:34:10,750 the first bite Norwegian omelette? 315 00:34:11,750 --> 00:34:13,120 She laughs. 316 00:34:15,700 --> 00:34:18,500 - I almost cried. - For what ? 317 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:23,250 - I don't know. 318 00:34:23,870 --> 00:34:27,580 -Have you ever cried? while eating something? 319 00:34:27,830 --> 00:34:28,830 - No. 320 00:34:31,450 --> 00:34:33,370 - What happened 321 00:34:33,540 --> 00:34:34,580 in your opinion? 322 00:34:35,790 --> 00:34:37,580 - I don't know. 323 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:40,620 - You know what? 324 00:34:40,870 --> 00:34:44,120 Auguste Escoffier and a certain César Ritz 325 00:34:44,370 --> 00:34:48,290 are going to open what they call a palace in Monte-Carlo. 326 00:34:48,450 --> 00:34:52,790 The first hotel establishment to offer great gastronomy 327 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:54,870 to its customers. 328 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:59,250 Escoffier could lose his soul in such a big place, right? 329 00:35:01,620 --> 00:35:03,290 - On the contrary. 330 00:35:03,450 --> 00:35:07,620 This is the place to be for a man like Escoffier. 331 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,660 We live the legacy of Lent, 332 00:35:10,950 --> 00:35:13,750 but Escoffier makes us dream of the future. 333 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,120 To think he's only 38 years old. 334 00:35:16,370 --> 00:35:20,000 And only 13 years separate the death of Lent 335 00:35:20,250 --> 00:35:23,370 and the birth of Auguste Escoffier. 336 00:35:27,450 --> 00:35:28,660 - Gentlemen. 337 00:35:32,790 --> 00:35:33,790 Sir. 338 00:35:33,950 --> 00:35:35,830 My master, the prince of Eurasia, 339 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,160 sent me to you to ask you to dinner, 340 00:35:39,330 --> 00:35:40,410 with your suite. 341 00:35:40,580 --> 00:35:43,830 - Forgive me, who do you want to speak to? 342 00:35:44,580 --> 00:35:46,870 There is in this room 343 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,410 four other gentlemen. 344 00:35:50,410 --> 00:35:54,580 - I would like to address Mr. Dodin, the Napoleon of the culinary art. 345 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:57,620 - How do you know 346 00:35:57,790 --> 00:36:00,500 that it's me? - That's not you? 347 00:36:01,790 --> 00:36:03,040 - Yes, yes, yes. 348 00:36:03,290 --> 00:36:05,580 Please continue. 349 00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:06,870 - Pardon. 350 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:12,200 I said: my master, the prince of Eurasia, 351 00:36:12,450 --> 00:36:15,000 sent me to you 352 00:36:15,250 --> 00:36:18,500 to ask you to dinner with your suite. 353 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,870 His Highness sent for his first chef 354 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,660 who will come to collaborate with the chef hired by the hotel 355 00:36:26,950 --> 00:36:29,700 at his request in order to treat you. 356 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,290 -(No chance he'll accept.) 357 00:36:41,660 --> 00:36:45,620 - Please forward to His Highness 358 00:36:48,290 --> 00:36:50,750 that I accept his invitation. 359 00:36:52,750 --> 00:36:55,620 And I thank her warmly. 360 00:36:55,870 --> 00:36:59,330 Consider these four gentlemen like my suite. 361 00:37:01,750 --> 00:37:04,540 - I thank you on behalf of the prince. 362 00:37:04,790 --> 00:37:08,540 From tomorrow, an official invitation will be brought to you. 363 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,410 Gentlemen, I wish you a good evening. 364 00:37:16,410 --> 00:37:18,000 - The Napoleon... 365 00:37:18,950 --> 00:37:20,540 Bursts of laughter 366 00:37:20,790 --> 00:37:22,700 ... 367 00:37:22,870 --> 00:37:25,580 - We thought that you would refuse. 368 00:37:25,750 --> 00:37:26,750 - Hm... 369 00:37:29,450 --> 00:37:32,330 I couldn't refuse this invitation. 370 00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:36,660 It was announced to me a few years ago days with the prayer of accepting it. 371 00:37:36,830 --> 00:37:40,500 Frogs croak, insect stridulations. 372 00:37:42,660 --> 00:37:44,580 Someone sighs. 373 00:37:48,290 --> 00:37:51,000 - What do you think of Pauline? 374 00:37:51,250 --> 00:37:52,450 She has something. 375 00:37:52,750 --> 00:37:56,370 - It's obvious, she has a gift for culinary things. 376 00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,450 When she tasted Norwegian omelette, 377 00:38:00,750 --> 00:38:03,120 I thought she was going to cry. 378 00:38:03,290 --> 00:38:06,410 - We can have absolute pitch at three years old, 379 00:38:06,660 --> 00:38:10,290 at five years old decipher a score like Mozart, 380 00:38:10,540 --> 00:38:13,910 you can't be a gourmet before forty years. 381 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,080 - It would be a waste 382 00:38:16,250 --> 00:38:20,250 not to develop a gift for make it useful to our fellow human beings. 383 00:38:23,870 --> 00:38:24,870 Hm? 384 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:28,250 - I see you want it. - Not you? 385 00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:30,750 - Obviously, less than you. 386 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:38,160 He sighs. 387 00:38:40,620 --> 00:38:44,540 Tomorrow, I will accompany Pauline and I'll go talk to his parents. 388 00:38:46,910 --> 00:38:47,910 - THANKS. 389 00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:58,200 If you allow me, I would like talk to his parents for you. 390 00:39:00,290 --> 00:39:01,540 - If you want. 391 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:06,080 - I'll see her soon, to invent an exceptional dish. 392 00:39:06,250 --> 00:39:09,540 - Ah, the discovery a new dish... 393 00:39:11,330 --> 00:39:15,410 brings happiness to humanity, more than the discovery of a star. 394 00:39:15,660 --> 00:39:19,250 He slowly sucks in to inhale the smoke from his pipe. 395 00:39:19,410 --> 00:39:36,290 ... 396 00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:37,620 Eugenie. 397 00:39:38,790 --> 00:39:42,250 Can I come and knock at your door this evening? 398 00:39:43,540 --> 00:39:47,160 - Since when did you warn before knocking on my door? 399 00:39:47,660 --> 00:39:48,950 Hit, 400 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,870 and you will see whether it is open or not. 401 00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,620 - So don't shut up. 402 00:39:55,910 --> 00:39:57,830 - You'll see. 403 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:06,370 He sighs. 404 00:40:09,950 --> 00:40:13,790 I ask you again, Eugénie. Let's get married. 405 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:18,330 - How many more times are you going to ask me this question? 406 00:40:22,870 --> 00:40:27,200 Once married, I doubt I will the choice to keep my door closed. 407 00:40:27,370 --> 00:40:31,250 We spend more time together that many spouses 408 00:40:31,410 --> 00:40:35,540 to study texts, recipes, to make them, to eat them. 409 00:40:35,830 --> 00:40:39,250 You make me laugh with your witticisms. 410 00:40:39,410 --> 00:40:43,080 So, aren't we well like that? 411 00:40:44,750 --> 00:40:48,200 - There are many witticisms against marriage. 412 00:40:49,250 --> 00:40:51,950 You might like this one: 413 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:56,250 "Marriage is a dinner which starts with dessert." 414 00:40:56,410 --> 00:40:58,910 - Oh... what a horror! 415 00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:05,080 - Adam and Eve have started with dessert. 416 00:41:05,250 --> 00:41:06,250 - Yes. 417 00:41:10,620 --> 00:41:14,370 It all started by something they ate. 418 00:41:21,660 --> 00:41:23,910 - So the answer is no. 419 00:41:25,290 --> 00:41:27,580 She laughs. 420 00:41:29,450 --> 00:42:27,830 ... 421 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:30,540 Someone is pouring water. 422 00:42:30,830 --> 00:43:21,000 ... 423 00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:25,540 - Next Friday, I would like come and buy a few calves. 424 00:43:25,830 --> 00:43:26,830 - Yes. 425 00:43:27,790 --> 00:43:31,540 - Friday, I'll call you back that you see your banker. 426 00:43:31,830 --> 00:43:34,620 And being your notary, I will entrust him 427 00:43:34,910 --> 00:43:39,000 some of your titles of property to put in the safe. 428 00:43:39,250 --> 00:43:42,370 - GOOD. For calves, I will warn Antonin. 429 00:43:42,620 --> 00:43:44,790 He will receive you in the enclosure. 430 00:43:44,950 --> 00:43:48,000 - I will come too see these beautiful animals. 431 00:43:48,250 --> 00:43:51,410 - If nothing stops me, I will be there too. 432 00:43:53,950 --> 00:43:55,200 - Oh. 433 00:43:55,870 --> 00:43:57,500 Hello my dear. 434 00:43:57,790 --> 00:43:59,000 - Good morning. 435 00:44:03,910 --> 00:44:07,830 - Good morning. I'm doing well ? - Thank you for bringing her home. 436 00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:10,620 - My pleasure. - That's nice. 437 00:44:10,910 --> 00:44:11,910 - Good morning. 438 00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:14,540 - Are you doing well ? - Thanks very much. 439 00:44:26,870 --> 00:44:28,500 - Only six? 440 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:34,160 Oh. 441 00:44:37,250 --> 00:44:41,080 - The pan is small, we will cook them as we go. 442 00:44:41,250 --> 00:44:42,410 - Ortolans. 443 00:44:42,580 --> 00:44:45,250 Eugénie buys some at the market. 444 00:44:45,410 --> 00:44:48,450 But they are never as good as here. 445 00:44:48,620 --> 00:44:51,370 Augustin fed them white millet. 446 00:44:51,620 --> 00:44:54,410 Once they become fondant balls, 447 00:44:54,580 --> 00:44:57,620 we pluck them without emptying them, and here they are. 448 00:45:04,750 --> 00:45:07,250 - We're getting closer, we're getting closer. 449 00:45:11,540 --> 00:45:14,500 - With your permission, I will train Pauline. 450 00:45:14,790 --> 00:45:18,950 Mr. Dodin also wishes it. She has all the makings of a great cook. 451 00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:23,620 - It's a great honor. 452 00:45:23,910 --> 00:45:28,160 - She's still a child. - But the best age to learn. 453 00:45:30,450 --> 00:45:35,830 Pauline described your vegetable garden to me. It's a marvel. 454 00:45:38,370 --> 00:45:42,750 Take the time to think, my kitchen will always be open to him. 455 00:45:44,250 --> 00:45:45,750 What is this ? 456 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:49,580 - Copper antennas topped with a zinc crown. 457 00:45:49,870 --> 00:45:52,040 There are some everywhere. 458 00:45:53,250 --> 00:45:56,830 They are 7 m apart from each other. 459 00:45:57,870 --> 00:45:59,080 -Amazing. 460 00:46:00,790 --> 00:46:02,830 What are they used for? 461 00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:06,120 -To create electric current under the ground. 462 00:46:06,290 --> 00:46:10,250 It strengthens the plants and the harvest is better. 463 00:46:12,870 --> 00:46:14,660 - Really ? - Yes. 464 00:46:14,950 --> 00:46:18,790 The first year, we experimented with antennas 465 00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:21,620 on this half of the vegetable garden, 466 00:46:21,910 --> 00:46:24,290 the difference is obvious. 467 00:46:24,950 --> 00:46:25,950 - Oh! 468 00:46:36,580 --> 00:46:37,580 - Pardon. 469 00:46:40,290 --> 00:46:42,040 - Thank you, Augustin. 470 00:46:43,580 --> 00:46:44,830 - THANKS. 471 00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:55,250 They eat. Sighs of pleasure 472 00:46:55,410 --> 00:47:04,370 ... 473 00:47:13,290 --> 00:47:15,790 - Augustine. 474 00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:18,290 - THANKS. -And the next one? 475 00:47:18,450 --> 00:47:20,700 - I'm going back. - THANKS. 476 00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:41,290 - Violette, have you seen Eugénie? 477 00:47:41,540 --> 00:47:45,330 - She is in her room since his return from Pauline's. 478 00:48:03,500 --> 00:48:06,200 - Oh, there you are. - Are you doing well ? 479 00:48:06,370 --> 00:48:07,370 - Yes. 480 00:48:08,250 --> 00:48:10,450 I heard you come home, 481 00:48:10,750 --> 00:48:13,910 I was getting ready to prepare your dinner. 482 00:48:17,620 --> 00:48:20,120 What were the ortolans like? 483 00:48:20,290 --> 00:48:24,000 - Violette says you are stayed in your room. 484 00:48:24,250 --> 00:48:25,660 - Yes, it's nothing. 485 00:48:30,830 --> 00:48:34,200 - And then, Pauline's parents? - Alright. 486 00:48:34,370 --> 00:48:37,830 - They accept for her to do her apprenticeship here? 487 00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:42,200 - No, but they are not against neither. 488 00:48:42,370 --> 00:48:43,660 They think. 489 00:48:43,950 --> 00:48:44,950 - Oh. 490 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:49,080 Eugenie, I'm worried. 491 00:48:49,250 --> 00:48:53,080 Wouldn't it be better that Dr Rabaz examines you? 492 00:48:53,250 --> 00:48:56,700 - No, that would be waste his time. 493 00:48:56,870 --> 00:49:00,290 - Master, please allow that my mouth officer 494 00:49:00,450 --> 00:49:04,830 gives you reading of the modest meal that he will have the honor of serving you? 495 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,660 - It's always a pleasure to hear a menu being played. 496 00:49:08,950 --> 00:49:13,450 We can see the construction of the meal and the chef's intentions. 497 00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:16,450 - Please announce, Mr. Officer. 498 00:49:16,750 --> 00:49:19,790 - The menu will be composed of three services. 499 00:49:19,950 --> 00:49:23,450 For the first, the soups will be: one of pigeon bisque, 500 00:49:23,620 --> 00:49:27,040 one of quail with queen coulis, one of crayfish. 501 00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:29,870 And the other with stuffed soles. 502 00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:33,120 For the middle dish: a boar. 503 00:49:33,290 --> 00:49:35,790 At both ends. A royal pâté. 504 00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:38,080 A pheasant terrine 505 00:49:38,250 --> 00:49:40,200 with end of summer truffles. 506 00:49:40,370 --> 00:49:42,370 Hors d'oeuvres will be: 507 00:49:42,620 --> 00:49:45,660 one of partridges with fine herbs on a spit. 508 00:49:45,830 --> 00:49:49,500 A baby dove. One of stuffed pike. 509 00:49:49,790 --> 00:49:53,830 The grand entry will be two chickens stuffed with cream. 510 00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:58,290 Saingaraz-style rabbits. And the wines of this first service 511 00:49:58,450 --> 00:50:01,450 will, after the soup, dry sherry, 512 00:50:01,750 --> 00:50:04,620 and for the white, from Carbonnieux, 513 00:50:04,910 --> 00:50:07,660 of Langon, of Meursault and Pouilly. 514 00:50:07,950 --> 00:50:12,250 For the red, de la Chaînette, of Thorins and Saint-Estèphe. 515 00:50:12,410 --> 00:50:13,500 And during 516 00:50:13,660 --> 00:50:16,410 that we will prepare the second service, 517 00:50:16,660 --> 00:50:20,330 we will serve malvasia of Cyprus and Madeira. 518 00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:24,080 The second service will be two readings. 519 00:50:24,250 --> 00:50:27,370 Preceding the four roast dishes: 520 00:50:27,620 --> 00:50:30,500 one of monkfish from Lake Geneva to the vestal, 521 00:50:30,790 --> 00:50:33,620 and the other of torrent trout with chartreuse. 522 00:50:33,790 --> 00:50:37,500 And the roast dishes will be: turkey stew, 523 00:50:37,790 --> 00:50:43,000 Dutch-style prime rib, of veal breast to the pontiff, 524 00:50:43,250 --> 00:50:46,450 accompanied by sweetbreads in the same way 525 00:50:46,750 --> 00:50:48,540 and dumplings. 526 00:50:48,700 --> 00:50:52,250 And a stuffed leg of lamb cut into thin slices. 527 00:50:52,410 --> 00:50:54,620 There will be three sauces: 528 00:50:54,910 --> 00:50:58,080 prickly, poor man, heavenly blue. 529 00:50:58,910 --> 00:51:03,250 And three salads: herbs, oranges, olives. 530 00:51:03,410 --> 00:51:08,910 And the hot desserts of this service to spice up roasts and salads... 531 00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:12,580 - The generosity of the prince turned to the test. 532 00:51:12,870 --> 00:51:15,950 The meal lasted more than eight hours. 533 00:51:16,500 --> 00:51:20,500 For the prince, a gourmet should not fear any menu, 534 00:51:20,790 --> 00:51:24,250 should he hold it at the table one day and one night. 535 00:51:24,410 --> 00:51:28,120 -At one point, at the start of the third service, 536 00:51:28,290 --> 00:51:30,790 my stomach almost gave in. 537 00:51:31,040 --> 00:51:35,580 But the discomfort stopped and I was able continue the meal until the end. 538 00:51:35,870 --> 00:51:37,160 - And Dodin? 539 00:51:37,330 --> 00:51:41,040 What did he think of it? I haven't talked to him about it yet. 540 00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:45,750 - In summary, Dodin saw the meal given by the prince 541 00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:48,410 like a bushy construction, 542 00:51:48,660 --> 00:51:51,330 abundant and rich, but without clarity. 543 00:51:51,500 --> 00:51:54,000 No air, no logic, 544 00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:57,160 custom, but no rules. 545 00:51:57,330 --> 00:51:59,410 A parade without prescription. 546 00:51:59,870 --> 00:52:02,950 Marked with faults in the succession 547 00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:04,660 tastes 548 00:52:04,830 --> 00:52:06,500 and touches. 549 00:52:06,790 --> 00:52:08,790 - What did he say about desserts? 550 00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:11,660 - He didn't like that the almond works 551 00:52:11,830 --> 00:52:15,250 that require so much attention come after ice cream, 552 00:52:15,410 --> 00:52:19,660 which paralyze the faculties, and before the cheeses, 553 00:52:19,830 --> 00:52:21,830 they too frozen, 554 00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:25,500 which leave in the mouth a mediocre scent. 555 00:52:26,250 --> 00:52:29,000 - More precisely, he said: 556 00:52:29,250 --> 00:52:32,870 "Leave in the mouth a scent of vulgar pomade.” 557 00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:35,790 - What was faultless? 558 00:52:35,950 --> 00:52:39,580 - Wines. Although the succession don't be. 559 00:52:39,750 --> 00:52:42,750 - Cigars, ratafias, brandies 560 00:52:42,910 --> 00:52:44,620 were beyond reproach. 561 00:52:45,410 --> 00:52:47,830 - But when he returned yesterday, 562 00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:50,540 did he have supper before going to bed? 563 00:52:50,830 --> 00:52:54,790 - He didn't want to go to bed on the memory of this meal. 564 00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:58,660 I served him some gasoline of Consommé with a poached egg 565 00:52:58,950 --> 00:53:00,950 and a few sprigs of tarragon. 566 00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:04,370 A turkey breast in a wine jelly 567 00:53:04,620 --> 00:53:07,790 with a fricassee asparagus tips. 568 00:53:08,040 --> 00:53:11,790 He drank a swig of lime with honey and went to bed. 569 00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:13,080 So. 570 00:53:13,250 --> 00:53:16,000 -And what is he doing at the moment? 571 00:53:17,580 --> 00:53:18,870 - He studies... 572 00:53:19,620 --> 00:53:20,870 a menu. 573 00:53:22,370 --> 00:53:25,120 - To invite the prince? - Yes. 574 00:53:32,830 --> 00:53:35,870 - Eugenie, we would be grateful to you 575 00:53:36,120 --> 00:53:40,200 if you could let us know what he intends to serve to the prince. 576 00:53:40,370 --> 00:53:43,410 Would you like that? - Yes, obviously. 577 00:53:50,790 --> 00:53:54,410 Eugenie opens the oven door and takes out a dish. 578 00:54:06,040 --> 00:54:07,040 - Good. 579 00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:12,120 - Go for it. 580 00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:15,200 - Oh... 581 00:54:20,790 --> 00:54:21,830 - Hmm? 582 00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:24,160 Birds chirping 583 00:54:24,330 --> 00:54:26,660 Russling leaves 584 00:54:26,950 --> 00:54:40,330 ... 585 00:54:40,580 --> 00:54:43,000 A cow moos. 586 00:54:45,370 --> 00:54:47,290 Hello, Augustin. 587 00:54:48,620 --> 00:54:50,200 - Hello, Eugénie. 588 00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:53,250 ... 589 00:54:53,410 --> 00:54:55,620 - It will be a stew. 590 00:54:59,410 --> 00:55:00,870 - Are you sure? 591 00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:02,790 - A stew? 592 00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:06,450 - Yes, he wants to serve a stew for the prince. 593 00:55:06,750 --> 00:55:07,750 Yes. 594 00:55:10,500 --> 00:55:12,620 - We choose the meat 595 00:55:12,910 --> 00:55:15,870 the freshest and as little bleeding as possible. 596 00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:18,160 We choose it thick. 597 00:55:18,330 --> 00:55:21,410 The tip of the panties is an excellent piece 598 00:55:21,660 --> 00:55:24,790 by its good weighting fat and lean. 599 00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:28,540 We don't wash it in order to keep all its juices. 600 00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:32,290 We string it after separating the bones 601 00:55:32,450 --> 00:55:35,250 so that it does not deform 602 00:55:35,410 --> 00:55:39,750 and we put it in the pot with a pint of water per pound of meat. 603 00:55:40,750 --> 00:55:43,160 I can't understand. 604 00:55:46,120 --> 00:55:47,120 - Eugenie? 605 00:55:54,540 --> 00:55:55,540 Eugenie? 606 00:55:57,370 --> 00:55:58,580 He sighs. 607 00:56:03,080 --> 00:56:04,910 He opens a door. 608 00:56:06,500 --> 00:56:08,660 Snippets of conversations 609 00:56:08,910 --> 00:56:14,370 ... 610 00:56:14,540 --> 00:56:15,540 - My friends! 611 00:56:15,790 --> 00:56:16,790 - Oh. 612 00:56:17,080 --> 00:56:20,330 - My friends, haven't you seen Eugénie? 613 00:56:20,500 --> 00:56:23,000 - Here, sometimes, but she left. 614 00:56:23,250 --> 00:56:27,410 - Beaubois, accompanying our banker, have you met her? 615 00:56:27,580 --> 00:56:28,580 - No. 616 00:56:37,580 --> 00:56:39,540 A cow moos. 617 00:56:39,700 --> 00:56:41,790 Birds chirping 618 00:56:42,080 --> 00:57:33,250 ... 619 00:57:33,500 --> 00:57:36,120 Conversations, laughter in the distance 620 00:57:41,290 --> 00:57:42,500 - Rabaz! 621 00:57:45,080 --> 00:57:47,750 Eugenie, what's wrong with you? - Eh ? 622 00:57:48,040 --> 00:57:50,120 - Are you doing well ? - Yes. 623 00:57:50,370 --> 00:57:52,870 I... I fell asleep. 624 00:57:53,160 --> 00:57:55,750 Someone comes running. 625 00:57:56,450 --> 00:57:59,160 - Don't move, don't move. 626 00:57:59,410 --> 00:58:01,750 - What's going on? 627 00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:03,870 - No, I... - What's happening to you? 628 00:58:04,160 --> 00:58:07,660 Eugenie? - I don't know, I fell asleep. 629 00:58:09,080 --> 00:58:10,080 - Asleep? 630 00:58:10,620 --> 00:58:11,620 - Yes. 631 00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:14,080 Ah, friends are here. 632 00:58:14,330 --> 00:58:15,450 - Yes, come. 633 00:58:18,540 --> 00:58:19,540 Attention. 634 00:58:21,290 --> 00:58:24,540 Come, I'll take you. Lean on me. 635 00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:26,450 - Nothing serious. 636 00:58:27,370 --> 00:58:31,290 But you didn't inherit of your ancestors good health. 637 00:58:32,500 --> 00:58:35,910 I will bring you the medicine just now. 638 00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:39,120 How do you feel? - Alright. 639 00:58:39,370 --> 00:58:42,450 I won't stay in bed. - But it has to be done. 640 00:58:42,620 --> 00:58:45,700 -Listen... - Be reasonable, stay in bed. 641 00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:50,330 - Eugénie, in my field, I am recognized for some skills. 642 00:58:50,500 --> 00:58:54,120 Give me your trust. Would you like that? 643 00:58:54,370 --> 00:58:55,370 - Yes. 644 00:58:56,250 --> 00:58:57,700 - Thank you. 645 00:58:58,000 --> 00:58:59,250 Rest. 646 00:58:59,500 --> 00:59:03,250 -(I am accompanying this good doctor and I'll be right back.) 647 00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:15,450 Peacock screams 648 00:59:23,910 --> 00:59:26,620 - Your broth is delicious. 649 00:59:29,370 --> 00:59:33,160 This will give me the taste to be served in my room. 650 00:59:33,410 --> 00:59:37,200 - As many as you want. I enjoy preparing for you... 651 00:59:37,450 --> 00:59:39,540 - You have better things to do. 652 00:59:39,700 --> 00:59:41,910 Violette can do it. 653 00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:43,500 - Violet? 654 00:59:43,660 --> 00:59:47,040 She barely knows boil water. 655 00:59:53,870 --> 00:59:56,870 - Despite your smile, you seem to me... 656 00:59:58,700 --> 00:59:59,910 seriously. 657 01:00:01,330 --> 01:00:02,540 Even serious. 658 01:00:04,410 --> 01:00:05,700 - Yes. - Hmm. 659 01:00:12,080 --> 01:00:15,040 You are destitute of your witticisms 660 01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:17,250 which I like so much. 661 01:00:18,120 --> 01:00:20,120 What is happening? 662 01:00:28,660 --> 01:00:30,120 - When I... 663 01:00:31,870 --> 01:00:35,330 When I found you in the vegetable garden, 664 01:00:35,500 --> 01:00:37,160 I thought that... 665 01:00:41,450 --> 01:00:43,250 I thought I was going... 666 01:00:43,660 --> 01:00:45,160 die myself. 667 01:00:45,870 --> 01:00:48,200 -(I feel full of life. 668 01:00:50,500 --> 01:00:52,580 (I'm so happy. 669 01:00:55,830 --> 01:00:57,830 (So grateful.) 670 01:01:01,500 --> 01:01:03,160 I would like... 671 01:01:03,910 --> 01:01:06,410 a little more of your broth 672 01:01:06,580 --> 01:01:10,200 if it is not contraindicated by the good Dr. Rabaz. 673 01:01:10,750 --> 01:01:11,750 - Of course. 674 01:01:13,910 --> 01:01:15,160 Of course. 675 01:01:19,620 --> 01:01:23,910 - You can send an invitation to the prince whenever you want. 676 01:01:24,700 --> 01:01:28,870 I'm fit and ready. Unless you're not. 677 01:01:30,500 --> 01:01:32,450 - I have a better idea. 678 01:01:46,910 --> 01:01:50,700 A peacock cries. 679 01:01:51,160 --> 01:02:01,040 The butter crackles in the pot. 680 01:02:01,200 --> 01:02:55,250 ... 681 01:02:55,410 --> 01:03:01,040 He's breathing hard. 682 01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:24,500 ... 683 01:03:24,660 --> 01:03:29,000 Heavy breaths 684 01:03:29,160 --> 01:03:55,620 ... 685 01:03:57,500 --> 01:04:18,870 ... 686 01:04:19,040 --> 01:04:22,200 Boiling of water 687 01:04:22,750 --> 01:04:58,790 ... 688 01:04:58,950 --> 01:05:02,830 Crackling of eggshells 689 01:05:15,120 --> 01:05:16,120 Violet? 690 01:05:18,410 --> 01:05:19,580 THANKS. 691 01:05:27,830 --> 01:05:31,330 Lapping 692 01:05:31,790 --> 01:05:34,660 Crackling sounds 693 01:05:35,040 --> 01:05:56,160 ... 694 01:05:56,410 --> 01:05:58,540 Swifts cry. 695 01:05:58,700 --> 01:06:04,370 ... 696 01:06:05,160 --> 01:06:08,120 The broth simmers. 697 01:06:08,620 --> 01:07:58,000 ... 698 01:07:58,160 --> 01:08:06,250 Crackling of the oyster shell 699 01:08:23,660 --> 01:08:29,040 Clatter of serving cutlery 700 01:08:29,200 --> 01:08:39,330 ... 701 01:08:43,290 --> 01:11:52,160 ... 702 01:11:52,330 --> 01:12:28,790 ... 703 01:12:29,500 --> 01:12:32,000 You may remember. 704 01:12:32,290 --> 01:12:33,830 Last year, 705 01:12:34,080 --> 01:12:37,660 I bought three bottles at London auction. 706 01:12:37,870 --> 01:12:42,040 It’s a Clos d’Ambonnay from the Krug house, from 1837. 707 01:12:43,290 --> 01:12:46,750 Who has stayed for almost fifty years at the bottom of the ocean 708 01:12:47,000 --> 01:12:49,080 after the boat sank 709 01:12:49,250 --> 01:12:53,160 which carried 2,000 bottles of champagne to the Americas. 710 01:13:10,330 --> 01:13:11,910 Everything is still there. 711 01:13:14,120 --> 01:13:15,370 -(Thank you. 712 01:13:17,290 --> 01:13:18,290 (Thank you.) 713 01:13:25,870 --> 01:13:29,370 - Please allow me to watch you eat? 714 01:13:30,330 --> 01:13:32,450 - Yes, if you want. 715 01:13:32,620 --> 01:14:06,620 ... 716 01:14:07,620 --> 01:14:08,620 Hmm... 717 01:14:15,120 --> 01:14:16,120 Hmm... 718 01:14:18,620 --> 01:14:19,620 He sighs. 719 01:14:23,250 --> 01:14:27,950 - A Chinese poet from the 11th century obeyed one rule all his life. 720 01:14:28,660 --> 01:14:31,950 He works a whole year and the year after, 721 01:14:32,250 --> 01:14:34,620 he dedicates it to his wife. 722 01:14:34,830 --> 01:14:37,450 I should have followed his example. 723 01:14:40,410 --> 01:14:43,160 - In what you just said, 724 01:14:43,450 --> 01:14:46,620 there are several words which don't fit. 725 01:14:47,290 --> 01:14:50,870 For example, you are neither a poet nor a Chinese. 726 01:14:54,870 --> 01:14:56,790 - I am not a poet. 727 01:15:03,750 --> 01:15:06,620 - The “Napoleon of gastronomy”, 728 01:15:06,790 --> 01:15:09,120 the "prince", the "king"... 729 01:15:10,040 --> 01:15:13,620 And so many other qualifiers, but not “poet”. 730 01:15:15,660 --> 01:15:18,330 - Let's just say... not yet. 731 01:15:22,750 --> 01:15:25,000 - Then there is the word "woman". 732 01:15:33,910 --> 01:15:35,450 - I work there. 733 01:15:42,160 --> 01:15:43,450 See you later. 734 01:15:54,080 --> 01:15:55,370 The teeth... 735 01:15:57,040 --> 01:15:58,950 The teeth, yes, 736 01:16:00,330 --> 01:16:02,500 divide food. 737 01:16:05,750 --> 01:16:08,500 And glands of all kinds, 738 01:16:09,790 --> 01:16:13,120 inside the mouth, moisten them. 739 01:16:15,950 --> 01:16:19,250 And the language jostles them to mix them up 740 01:16:20,160 --> 01:16:23,660 and press them against the palace for... 741 01:16:25,120 --> 01:16:28,830 express the juice and savor the taste. 742 01:16:30,580 --> 01:16:35,580 In doing so, it brings together the foods in the center of the mouth, after which, 743 01:16:35,790 --> 01:16:39,160 leaning against the lower jaw, 744 01:16:39,450 --> 01:16:42,080 it rises in the middle 745 01:16:42,370 --> 01:16:45,790 so that it forms at its root a slope 746 01:16:46,040 --> 01:16:49,290 who trains them in the back of the mouth 747 01:16:49,540 --> 01:16:53,790 where they are received by the pharynx which, contracting in turn, 748 01:16:54,040 --> 01:16:56,830 makes them enter the esophagus, 749 01:16:57,080 --> 01:16:59,540 whose peristaltic movement... 750 01:16:59,750 --> 01:17:02,950 Eugenie laughs. -Leads them to the stomach. 751 01:17:04,120 --> 01:17:07,410 But at home, Eugénie, this activity, 752 01:17:08,080 --> 01:17:09,750 is absolutely beautiful. 753 01:17:09,950 --> 01:17:11,500 She laughs. 754 01:17:12,500 --> 01:18:28,330 ... 755 01:18:28,500 --> 01:18:29,790 He blows. 756 01:18:30,040 --> 01:18:38,620 ... 757 01:18:50,620 --> 01:19:06,330 ... 758 01:19:11,660 --> 01:19:13,080 Magnificent. 759 01:19:13,620 --> 01:19:15,370 Be careful. 760 01:19:15,620 --> 01:19:18,870 You present the plate facing Eugénie, like this. 761 01:19:19,120 --> 01:19:20,580 - Yes, sir. 762 01:19:22,080 --> 01:19:23,620 - You can go. 763 01:19:24,620 --> 01:19:55,290 ... 764 01:19:56,160 --> 01:19:57,620 Eugenie laughs. 765 01:20:05,950 --> 01:20:07,540 ... 766 01:20:12,700 --> 01:20:16,540 - Be careful, sir told me to present the plate like this. 767 01:20:16,750 --> 01:20:18,370 - I know, yes. 768 01:20:19,370 --> 01:20:46,620 ... 769 01:20:47,620 --> 01:20:48,620 Ah! 770 01:20:49,620 --> 01:22:04,580 ... 771 01:22:04,750 --> 01:22:05,660 Brouhaha 772 01:22:05,830 --> 01:22:09,540 Snippets of conversation, chirping, children are rowdy. 773 01:22:09,750 --> 01:23:01,830 ... 774 01:23:04,120 --> 01:23:05,370 - My friends! 775 01:23:06,450 --> 01:23:08,540 Dear friends... - Oh? 776 01:23:08,750 --> 01:23:13,660 - Eugénie and I decided to unite in the autumn of our life. 777 01:23:13,870 --> 01:23:16,540 - AH... - No, not "autumn". 778 01:23:16,750 --> 01:23:19,500 - Don't go protesting with Pauline. 779 01:23:19,750 --> 01:23:22,750 You don't know anything about autumn, reassure me. 780 01:23:23,000 --> 01:23:24,000 Laughs 781 01:23:24,790 --> 01:23:29,040 We are in the autumn of our lives and I say it without melancholy. 782 01:23:29,700 --> 01:23:32,830 We will get married before the end of autumn. 783 01:23:33,080 --> 01:23:34,750 - Well done ! - Well done ! 784 01:23:42,120 --> 01:23:46,290 - Autumn, golden and rainy, is a season of wisdom and good advice. 785 01:23:46,540 --> 01:23:48,250 It's a good season 786 01:23:48,410 --> 01:23:50,870 for gastronomy. 787 01:23:51,040 --> 01:23:55,000 An autumn rose is much more than just another exquisite. 788 01:23:55,290 --> 01:23:56,700 -OH... 789 01:23:56,910 --> 01:23:59,660 They applaud. 790 01:24:01,450 --> 01:24:06,700 In the fall, the harvest brings the fresh winds, the game, the cheerfulness. 791 01:24:06,910 --> 01:24:10,910 There are chestnuts, artichokes, Chasselas, pears. 792 01:24:11,410 --> 01:24:15,790 While the quail, the becfigue, the corncrake leaves us, 793 01:24:16,040 --> 01:24:19,250 we see the woodpigeon, woodcock, duck, 794 01:24:19,620 --> 01:24:23,080 arrive from the end of the world to provoke our appetite. 795 01:24:23,370 --> 01:24:24,580 Laughs 796 01:24:24,790 --> 01:24:28,160 The tide on its side reassures oneself from fear 797 01:24:28,450 --> 01:24:31,580 what the summer heat was causing him. 798 01:24:31,790 --> 01:24:35,410 Normandy is harvesting with sticks. 799 01:24:35,660 --> 01:24:38,660 The pippin embellishes and varies our desserts. 800 01:24:38,870 --> 01:24:42,080 In autumn, we start to dine in the light 801 01:24:42,370 --> 01:24:46,120 and we dine longer, with more pleasure and cheerfulness. 802 01:24:46,410 --> 01:24:50,370 Wild ducks and geese pass from North to South. 803 01:24:50,620 --> 01:24:53,540 Autumn is the transition frugal summer 804 01:24:53,750 --> 01:24:57,000 towards solid enjoyments of winter. 805 01:24:59,750 --> 01:25:02,750 Eugenie, let's unite in the fall 806 01:25:02,950 --> 01:25:06,750 to welcome winter together and its rejoicings. 807 01:25:06,950 --> 01:25:08,580 -OH... - Well done! 808 01:25:08,790 --> 01:25:14,580 ... 809 01:25:14,790 --> 01:25:15,790 - Well done ! 810 01:25:17,950 --> 01:25:21,080 - The guests were happy, I believe. 811 01:25:21,540 --> 01:25:25,580 - We are lucky to meet such nice people. 812 01:25:28,500 --> 01:25:32,080 -"We are in the fall of our lives", you say. 813 01:25:32,370 --> 01:25:33,580 Speak for yourself. 814 01:25:33,790 --> 01:25:35,040 Dodin laughs. 815 01:25:35,330 --> 01:25:37,660 I feel like I'm in the middle of summer. 816 01:25:38,660 --> 01:25:41,910 And when I leave, it will still be summer. 817 01:25:42,160 --> 01:25:43,500 I love summer. 818 01:25:44,540 --> 01:25:45,790 Don't you? 819 01:25:46,040 --> 01:25:48,250 - I love all seasons. 820 01:25:48,500 --> 01:25:52,580 The first drops of rain, the first snowflakes. 821 01:25:52,790 --> 01:25:56,410 The first fireplace fires, the first buds. 822 01:25:57,120 --> 01:26:01,370 All these first things that come back every year delight me. 823 01:26:01,620 --> 01:26:03,700 - But summer, the sun, the... 824 01:26:04,250 --> 01:26:05,250 Oh... 825 01:26:06,910 --> 01:26:10,830 I love this burn, I need this burn 826 01:26:11,700 --> 01:26:13,080 in my body. 827 01:26:13,790 --> 01:26:17,500 It's like these embers that I use every day. 828 01:26:17,750 --> 01:26:19,040 - I understand. 829 01:26:36,700 --> 01:26:37,870 Little laugh 830 01:26:40,700 --> 01:26:44,410 But come in, it's also your room now. 831 01:26:45,370 --> 01:27:25,950 ... 832 01:27:26,120 --> 01:27:27,580 Someone is coming. 833 01:27:32,040 --> 01:27:33,040 Hmm! 834 01:27:33,750 --> 01:27:35,790 So... there you go. 835 01:27:36,540 --> 01:27:39,450 "Free meal menu to His Royal Highness, 836 01:27:39,700 --> 01:27:42,160 "the crown prince of Eurasia. 837 01:27:42,450 --> 01:27:45,250 “The treats before the soup. 838 01:27:47,580 --> 01:27:50,410 “Eugénie Chatagne’s soup. 839 01:27:51,660 --> 01:27:54,250 “Brillat-Savarin’s fried foods. 840 01:27:54,500 --> 01:27:56,790 “Dodin’s stew. 841 01:27:57,040 --> 01:27:58,950 “Soubise puree. 842 01:27:59,250 --> 01:28:00,330 “Desserts. 843 01:28:00,580 --> 01:28:04,450 “White wines from the hills of Dézaley and Château-grillet. 844 01:28:05,450 --> 01:28:09,620 “Châteauneuf-du-Pape red wines and Séguret de Chambolle." 845 01:28:10,160 --> 01:28:11,160 So. 846 01:28:16,500 --> 01:28:17,500 - And that's all? 847 01:28:17,750 --> 01:28:18,750 - Yes. 848 01:28:22,290 --> 01:28:23,500 - Hm... 849 01:28:25,660 --> 01:28:26,830 It's... 850 01:28:28,750 --> 01:28:31,370 It's a bit, how should I put it? 851 01:28:32,290 --> 01:28:34,290 I hesitate between the word... 852 01:28:35,120 --> 01:28:36,370 "risky" 853 01:28:37,160 --> 01:28:39,910 and... "bold". 854 01:28:41,330 --> 01:28:43,160 - Go for “bold”. 855 01:28:43,450 --> 01:28:47,040 - Such a meager menu that he would not even have composed 856 01:28:47,330 --> 01:28:50,750 the first service of the prince's ordinary. 857 01:28:52,040 --> 01:28:53,410 And then... 858 01:28:55,000 --> 01:28:56,910 there is the stew. 859 01:28:58,330 --> 01:29:00,620 - I know what you're thinking. 860 01:29:01,500 --> 01:29:04,330 These three little words have a vulgar sound, 861 01:29:04,580 --> 01:29:07,580 without glory and perfumed with fat, 862 01:29:07,790 --> 01:29:10,620 But the stew is, how to say? 863 01:29:10,830 --> 01:29:11,830 So French. 864 01:29:13,750 --> 01:29:17,750 It has crossed the centuries and nourished many French families. 865 01:29:18,620 --> 01:29:22,160 This is why I take up the bet to amaze the prince 866 01:29:22,450 --> 01:29:25,160 with a stew of my composition. 867 01:29:25,450 --> 01:29:27,950 With your help, of course. 868 01:29:29,870 --> 01:29:30,870 THANKS. 869 01:29:38,410 --> 01:29:40,410 -It doesn't scare me. 870 01:29:43,290 --> 01:29:44,290 And you ? 871 01:29:44,540 --> 01:29:46,910 - Do you feel me staggering? 872 01:29:48,080 --> 01:29:50,830 - Yes. - Why would I be afraid? 873 01:29:56,370 --> 01:29:57,370 Eugenie? 874 01:29:58,000 --> 01:30:00,160 -(Take me in your arms.) 875 01:30:00,450 --> 01:30:01,450 - Eugenie! 876 01:30:02,330 --> 01:30:05,080 But what do you have? Violet! 877 01:30:05,250 --> 01:30:08,000 - You will agree with me, dear colleague, 878 01:30:08,290 --> 01:30:11,290 that medicine is not an exact science. 879 01:30:11,540 --> 01:30:15,370 - You didn't come to give us the definition of medicine? 880 01:30:15,620 --> 01:30:19,330 - It's still useful to understand that there are things 881 01:30:19,580 --> 01:30:21,330 that we ignore. 882 01:30:21,580 --> 01:30:24,830 - So we don't know what Eugénie is suffering from. 883 01:30:25,080 --> 01:30:26,700 You don't know anything! 884 01:30:26,950 --> 01:30:28,950 - We don't know, no. 885 01:30:29,250 --> 01:30:32,750 We don't even know if it's serious or not 886 01:30:33,000 --> 01:30:35,330 nor how it can evolve. 887 01:30:35,580 --> 01:30:38,950 - It is very possible that this does not change. 888 01:30:39,250 --> 01:30:43,000 His discomfort could disappear as they appeared. 889 01:30:43,290 --> 01:30:44,700 - Let's hope so. 890 01:30:44,870 --> 01:30:45,790 - Yes. 891 01:30:46,040 --> 01:30:47,700 - All this... 892 01:30:47,950 --> 01:30:49,660 Eugenie approaches. 893 01:30:53,660 --> 01:30:56,450 - How do you feel? - GOOD. 894 01:30:56,660 --> 01:30:59,870 - No, I'm sorry, but you are not well. 895 01:31:00,160 --> 01:31:03,620 A few hours ago, you have failed against me. 896 01:31:03,830 --> 01:31:06,370 I'm worried, you understand? 897 01:31:06,620 --> 01:31:09,200 - Sorry for scaring you, 898 01:31:09,450 --> 01:31:12,370 but an hour later, I was fine. 899 01:31:13,200 --> 01:31:16,620 Thank you to have come all this way 900 01:31:16,830 --> 01:31:20,290 to come and give a colleague's opinion to Dr Rabaz. 901 01:31:20,540 --> 01:31:23,910 You will both agree that I'm fine. 902 01:31:24,200 --> 01:31:26,540 It's even embarrassing for me 903 01:31:26,750 --> 01:31:32,040 to know that upon arriving here, you would see a fit person. 904 01:31:32,330 --> 01:31:35,450 -(Say something.) -(What more can I say?) 905 01:31:35,660 --> 01:31:36,660 -(I...) 906 01:31:37,660 --> 01:32:17,370 ... 907 01:32:18,250 --> 01:32:21,700 At this moment. The best time of the day. 908 01:32:22,700 --> 01:32:52,500 ... 909 01:32:53,500 --> 01:32:54,500 He blows. 910 01:33:01,870 --> 01:33:02,870 Thank you. 911 01:33:16,910 --> 01:33:20,910 I know I've been worried unreasonably. 912 01:33:22,500 --> 01:33:23,660 Now, 913 01:33:24,750 --> 01:33:27,580 I am reassured that you have nothing. 914 01:33:34,540 --> 01:33:36,660 A fly buzzes. 915 01:33:36,870 --> 01:33:40,410 ... 916 01:33:41,410 --> 01:34:01,950 ... 917 01:34:02,950 --> 01:34:06,040 - Some of my nights, you know them 918 01:34:06,330 --> 01:34:09,330 since you share them with me. 919 01:34:11,000 --> 01:34:13,160 But the other nights, 920 01:34:13,410 --> 01:34:16,410 you want to know what do they look like? 921 01:34:16,660 --> 01:34:18,700 - Yes, more than anything. 922 01:34:22,160 --> 01:34:26,910 - The nights when my door remains open for you, they are numerous. 923 01:34:27,950 --> 01:34:30,450 - Not as much as I want. 924 01:34:31,620 --> 01:34:34,950 - On nights when it is locked, many too. 925 01:34:35,250 --> 01:34:37,080 - Too many. 926 01:34:39,870 --> 01:34:43,080 - Numerous, too, those nights when... 927 01:34:44,910 --> 01:34:48,160 lying in my bed, I imagine you 928 01:34:48,410 --> 01:34:51,750 take the route from your room to mine. 929 01:34:52,410 --> 01:34:54,410 Without making any noise. 930 01:34:54,660 --> 01:34:57,370 - And each time, with a beating heart. 931 01:35:03,580 --> 01:35:06,660 - The extraordinary happened twice. 932 01:35:07,790 --> 01:35:09,000 - What then? 933 01:35:11,200 --> 01:35:15,250 - To imagine yourself leaving from your room without making any noise. 934 01:35:16,950 --> 01:35:20,080 See you rise this flight of steps, 935 01:35:20,370 --> 01:35:24,410 then you turn right and walk along the end of the corridor. 936 01:35:24,580 --> 01:35:27,620 Then you climb the service staircase 937 01:35:27,830 --> 01:35:31,160 to reach the floor, take a few steps 938 01:35:31,410 --> 01:35:33,290 to reach my door. 939 01:35:33,450 --> 01:35:37,660 And finally, you ask your hand on the door handle. 940 01:35:39,790 --> 01:35:42,830 Only twice, 941 01:35:44,580 --> 01:35:48,620 at the very moment where I saw you open my door... 942 01:35:51,000 --> 01:35:53,660 it really opened up. 943 01:35:57,040 --> 01:36:19,830 ... 944 01:36:26,660 --> 01:36:28,830 Dodin is out of breath. 945 01:36:42,160 --> 01:36:43,540 He blows. 946 01:36:57,660 --> 01:36:59,000 He knocks on the door. 947 01:36:59,950 --> 01:37:01,290 - Violet? 948 01:37:03,750 --> 01:37:04,750 Violet? 949 01:37:11,540 --> 01:37:12,540 Eugenie... 950 01:37:13,250 --> 01:37:15,870 Can you go... go see? 951 01:37:16,160 --> 01:37:52,330 ... 952 01:37:53,330 --> 01:37:55,330 Violet sobs. 953 01:37:55,580 --> 01:38:43,830 ... 954 01:38:45,370 --> 01:38:48,290 The censer oscillates. 955 01:38:49,040 --> 01:39:12,410 ... 956 01:39:32,830 --> 01:40:13,120 ... 957 01:40:14,330 --> 01:40:16,660 Dodin breathes calmly. 958 01:40:17,870 --> 01:40:20,330 - You don't want to eat anything? 959 01:40:20,580 --> 01:40:23,830 I can prepare something simple. 960 01:40:25,620 --> 01:40:27,250 - Thank you, it will be fine. 961 01:40:32,620 --> 01:40:37,000 - You haven't eaten since two days is not reasonable. 962 01:40:41,910 --> 01:40:43,660 - You can tell Louis 963 01:40:43,830 --> 01:40:45,700 to remove these things? 964 01:40:48,200 --> 01:40:50,750 I don't need you anymore. 965 01:40:53,500 --> 01:40:55,500 He helps himself to a drink. 966 01:41:07,410 --> 01:41:09,410 Someone open the door. 967 01:41:10,410 --> 01:41:41,870 ... 968 01:41:42,870 --> 01:41:46,160 I had a strange dream some time ago. 969 01:41:46,410 --> 01:41:50,330 I dreamed that I was humanity's first cook. 970 01:41:54,330 --> 01:41:57,040 - You mean the best 971 01:41:57,330 --> 01:41:59,750 or the first man to cook? 972 01:42:03,080 --> 01:42:06,410 - That's exactly what I said to Eugénie. 973 01:42:08,330 --> 01:42:11,040 And I realize now 974 01:42:12,200 --> 01:42:16,330 that she must not have understood very well what I wanted to say. 975 01:42:18,410 --> 01:42:21,580 It's stupid, I should have shown... 976 01:42:22,830 --> 01:42:25,410 I should have been careful, 977 01:42:25,660 --> 01:42:29,080 ensure that there is no of misunderstanding. 978 01:42:29,870 --> 01:42:33,870 - I am convinced that she knew what you wanted to say to him. 979 01:42:36,410 --> 01:42:40,750 To be able to prepare the dishes as they are in your mind, 980 01:42:40,950 --> 01:42:44,870 Eugénie needed qualities exceptional intuitiveness. 981 01:42:45,160 --> 01:42:47,660 At the same time than flawless knowledge 982 01:42:47,870 --> 01:42:50,290 of the man you are. 983 01:42:53,660 --> 01:42:54,660 - Hmm. 984 01:42:56,620 --> 01:43:00,120 - Let's make these proposals to Dodin. We'll see. 985 01:43:01,370 --> 01:43:04,410 - Yes. We cannot do nothing. 986 01:43:04,660 --> 01:43:07,790 - I believe this list of cookers. 987 01:43:08,040 --> 01:43:10,660 - Does Dodin believe it? 988 01:43:14,580 --> 01:43:17,580 - One thing we don't say enough: 989 01:43:19,750 --> 01:43:22,450 Eugénie was a very beautiful woman. 990 01:43:25,790 --> 01:43:29,330 - The question is: Who will tell Dodin about it? 991 01:43:30,330 --> 01:43:32,660 Anyway, it's not me. 992 01:43:38,830 --> 01:43:40,910 - Maybe I have an idea. 993 01:43:42,870 --> 01:43:46,290 We know what Dodin eats for breakfast. 994 01:43:50,580 --> 01:43:53,830 He breathes deeply and calmly. 995 01:43:54,080 --> 01:43:56,290 A rooster crows in the distance. 996 01:43:59,910 --> 01:44:02,290 He smells the air. 997 01:44:03,700 --> 01:44:04,700 - Eugenie. 998 01:44:12,120 --> 01:44:14,000 What is this ? 999 01:44:14,290 --> 01:44:16,450 Clinking of dishes 1000 01:44:16,700 --> 01:44:19,080 What is this? 1001 01:44:20,290 --> 01:44:21,540 Violet? 1002 01:44:26,040 --> 01:44:27,790 But who are you? 1003 01:44:33,950 --> 01:44:37,200 Who allowed you to wear this apron? 1004 01:44:37,500 --> 01:44:38,750 - Sir. 1005 01:44:38,950 --> 01:44:41,200 - Take it off right away. 1006 01:44:41,500 --> 01:44:42,580 Take it off! 1007 01:44:46,160 --> 01:44:47,160 Leave. 1008 01:44:48,040 --> 01:44:50,830 Go! Go! 1009 01:45:00,290 --> 01:45:03,910 Why do you... What happened to you, Violette? 1010 01:45:19,580 --> 01:45:21,580 - We're sorry. 1011 01:45:23,660 --> 01:45:26,660 It was my idea, she was stupid. 1012 01:45:26,950 --> 01:45:29,370 A dog barks in the distance. 1013 01:45:29,580 --> 01:45:31,620 - Let's not talk about it anymore. 1014 01:45:31,910 --> 01:45:39,620 ... 1015 01:45:41,450 --> 01:45:44,540 - We have compiled a list of... - No! 1016 01:45:49,330 --> 01:45:50,410 - Sir ? 1017 01:45:53,410 --> 01:45:55,330 - Gentlemen. - Madam. 1018 01:45:55,540 --> 01:45:56,540 Sir. 1019 01:45:58,290 --> 01:46:01,330 - Forgive us to come unexpectedly. 1020 01:46:01,910 --> 01:46:05,790 - Nothing wrong with that, ma'am. Please sit down. 1021 01:46:10,950 --> 01:46:13,000 How is Pauline doing? 1022 01:46:13,450 --> 01:46:17,410 - Exactly, it's about him that we come to see you. 1023 01:46:18,200 --> 01:46:19,750 - She is unhappy 1024 01:46:19,910 --> 01:46:21,160 right now. 1025 01:46:21,410 --> 01:46:23,370 - Since Eugénie left, 1026 01:46:24,040 --> 01:46:27,370 Pauline asks us if you still wanted 1027 01:46:27,540 --> 01:46:29,790 have her as an apprentice. 1028 01:46:30,500 --> 01:46:33,660 - Without a qualified cook, I... 1029 01:46:34,450 --> 01:46:36,870 It will be impossible, I regret. 1030 01:46:37,040 --> 01:46:40,200 - We understand and have already explained to him, 1031 01:46:40,410 --> 01:46:42,790 but it doesn't seem to resolve 1032 01:46:42,950 --> 01:46:45,500 to forget your proposal. 1033 01:46:45,750 --> 01:46:48,750 - It's beyond my strength. 1034 01:46:52,750 --> 01:46:55,290 - We understand. Alright. 1035 01:46:56,000 --> 01:46:58,410 Thank you for listening to us. 1036 01:47:00,450 --> 01:47:01,700 - Pauline... 1037 01:47:03,080 --> 01:47:05,160 despite his young age, 1038 01:47:05,660 --> 01:47:09,080 has a will which strikes us down. 1039 01:47:10,660 --> 01:47:14,620 It's not a whim on his part, but a determination. 1040 01:47:14,910 --> 01:47:18,330 Excuse me for asking you this, 1041 01:47:19,580 --> 01:47:24,910 but would it be possible for you to talk in person and explain 1042 01:47:25,080 --> 01:47:28,450 that you can't take it anymore? - Of course. 1043 01:47:28,700 --> 01:47:31,660 I will talk to him. - Thank you. 1044 01:47:33,250 --> 01:47:35,500 - Thank you so much. - THANKS. 1045 01:47:35,750 --> 01:47:37,700 - Gentlemen, Mr. Dodin. 1046 01:47:45,370 --> 01:47:47,200 A dog barks. 1047 01:47:47,370 --> 01:47:48,790 ... 1048 01:47:58,040 --> 01:48:01,370 - Here is the list candidate cooks 1049 01:48:02,450 --> 01:48:05,500 that we have drawn up all together. 1050 01:48:13,700 --> 01:48:15,790 Dodin crumples up the list. 1051 01:48:19,080 --> 01:48:45,040 ... 1052 01:48:45,200 --> 01:48:47,330 Birds chirping 1053 01:48:47,540 --> 01:48:51,080 The wind rustles the leaves of the trees. 1054 01:48:51,330 --> 01:48:58,080 ... 1055 01:48:58,250 --> 01:49:00,080 A great spotted woodpecker drums. 1056 01:49:00,250 --> 01:49:11,700 ... 1057 01:49:11,870 --> 01:49:15,410 - Lift your sole fillets, lift the skin. 1058 01:49:15,620 --> 01:49:19,410 Cut the fillets into several equal pieces. Parry them. 1059 01:49:19,830 --> 01:49:23,790 You will have melted butter in a fairly large frying pan. 1060 01:49:23,950 --> 01:49:27,950 Sprinkle with a little fine salt. Cover them with melted butter. 1061 01:49:28,200 --> 01:49:29,790 When serving, 1062 01:49:29,950 --> 01:49:31,660 put them on the fire 1063 01:49:31,950 --> 01:49:35,450 and when they are stiff on one side, turn them over. 1064 01:49:35,700 --> 01:49:39,040 Their cooking done, drain them and dress them. 1065 01:49:39,200 --> 01:49:42,410 And sauce them of a good butler 1066 01:49:42,660 --> 01:49:47,250 where you will have put reduced velouté, which you force with a little lemon. 1067 01:49:47,830 --> 01:49:49,120 - Good, sir. 1068 01:50:10,580 --> 01:50:13,950 - Well, thank you, miss. You can leave. 1069 01:50:15,620 --> 01:50:17,160 - Good, sir. 1070 01:50:28,620 --> 01:50:29,910 He smells. 1071 01:50:32,660 --> 01:50:34,120 - Please. 1072 01:50:35,120 --> 01:51:17,040 ... 1073 01:51:18,290 --> 01:51:19,290 THANKS. 1074 01:51:35,370 --> 01:51:37,250 Perfect cooking. 1075 01:51:38,250 --> 01:52:00,700 ... 1076 01:52:01,500 --> 01:52:04,160 - Here is the veal fricandeau. - THANKS. 1077 01:52:05,080 --> 01:52:32,580 ... 1078 01:52:32,750 --> 01:52:35,000 This very complex soup 1079 01:52:35,290 --> 01:52:38,540 is charming sometimes a little old-fashioned. 1080 01:52:39,370 --> 01:52:42,000 It must have a unique taste, 1081 01:52:42,290 --> 01:52:44,910 but every part of it tastes 1082 01:52:45,200 --> 01:52:48,500 retains its taste personal and natural. 1083 01:52:48,660 --> 01:52:53,330 Its general appearance should recall the development of a sonata 1084 01:52:53,500 --> 01:52:57,160 where each theme keeps its life and flavor clean. 1085 01:52:57,870 --> 01:53:01,910 In power and harmony melted together. 1086 01:53:02,870 --> 01:53:06,620 Here is the recipe, read it carefully, please. 1087 01:53:23,450 --> 01:53:26,250 - Eugénie knew make this soup? 1088 01:53:26,500 --> 01:53:29,200 - Yes, of course, very good indeed. 1089 01:53:29,910 --> 01:53:32,410 It bears his name. 1090 01:53:44,700 --> 01:53:48,450 - I won't be able to do it this soup, I'm sorry. 1091 01:53:49,500 --> 01:53:53,450 But if you think that I could learn it from you, 1092 01:53:54,620 --> 01:53:57,330 you don't have than to make it known. 1093 01:53:59,750 --> 01:54:01,700 Goodbye, sir. 1094 01:54:02,700 --> 01:54:28,950 ... 1095 01:54:29,870 --> 01:54:33,000 - Where are the onions? Show me. 1096 01:54:33,290 --> 01:54:34,500 Frying 1097 01:54:34,700 --> 01:54:40,290 ... 1098 01:54:40,540 --> 01:54:44,660 It's okay, leave them out of the fire and brown the mushrooms. 1099 01:54:47,830 --> 01:54:49,330 Salt, pepper, eh? 1100 01:54:49,500 --> 01:54:52,540 Crackling of melted butter 1101 01:54:52,870 --> 01:55:02,080 ... 1102 01:55:02,250 --> 01:55:23,870 ... 1103 01:55:24,870 --> 01:55:27,700 You add the bacon and butter. 1104 01:55:27,910 --> 01:55:29,540 Then I arrive. 1105 01:55:30,540 --> 01:55:49,000 ... 1106 01:55:49,160 --> 01:55:52,200 The dough will make airtight the casserole 1107 01:55:52,410 --> 01:55:55,580 and will prevent perfume from escaping. 1108 01:55:55,870 --> 01:55:57,870 When it is cooked, 1109 01:55:58,120 --> 01:56:01,040 she will seal the pot perfectly, 1110 01:56:01,250 --> 01:56:06,200 we will take it out of the oven and we will make cook over a very low heat. 1111 01:56:06,790 --> 01:56:09,410 Someone knocks at the door. 1112 01:56:09,660 --> 01:56:11,410 ... 1113 01:56:14,290 --> 01:56:16,040 Pauline, wake up. 1114 01:56:16,290 --> 01:56:19,580 Come on, courage, we're going to have a stew. 1115 01:56:25,790 --> 01:56:27,540 - Pauline, get up. 1116 01:56:27,790 --> 01:56:28,790 - Hm... 1117 01:56:34,370 --> 01:57:02,950 ... 1118 01:57:03,120 --> 01:57:05,750 - You can put it on the fire. 1119 01:57:06,750 --> 01:57:58,000 ... 1120 01:57:58,250 --> 01:57:59,250 So. 1121 01:58:01,660 --> 01:58:02,660 Go ahead. 1122 01:58:02,910 --> 01:59:39,200 ... 1123 01:59:44,080 --> 01:59:45,080 Hmm. 1124 01:59:57,250 --> 01:59:58,790 Taste with the marrow. 1125 02:00:07,290 --> 02:00:08,500 SO ? 1126 02:00:08,870 --> 02:00:10,080 It's good ? 1127 02:00:11,950 --> 02:00:13,660 Don't you like it? 1128 02:00:17,410 --> 02:00:20,120 It's normal, you're too young. 1129 02:00:22,870 --> 02:00:24,080 The marrow, 1130 02:00:25,450 --> 02:00:27,790 it's a complex thing. 1131 02:00:29,580 --> 02:00:34,080 We need culture, memory, so that the taste is formed. 1132 02:00:37,750 --> 02:00:42,000 This is how the marrow must be, remember this taste. 1133 02:00:44,830 --> 02:00:47,080 - Yes, sir. - It's good. 1134 02:00:47,250 --> 02:01:29,910 ... 1135 02:01:31,750 --> 02:01:32,950 Skimmer. 1136 02:01:36,120 --> 02:01:37,120 THANKS. 1137 02:01:38,120 --> 02:01:40,160 Birds chirping in the distance 1138 02:01:40,330 --> 02:01:52,950 ... 1139 02:01:53,120 --> 02:02:20,330 ... 1140 02:02:21,330 --> 02:02:23,080 Just dip your lips. 1141 02:02:31,540 --> 02:02:32,750 - It's good. 1142 02:02:46,370 --> 02:02:49,950 We have the impression that the meat is even better. 1143 02:02:51,660 --> 02:02:53,830 - Chambolle-Musigny. 1144 02:02:56,830 --> 02:03:00,160 He has everything: the race, elegance, purity. 1145 02:03:07,660 --> 02:03:09,870 When you put it in your mouth, 1146 02:03:11,330 --> 02:03:13,580 it has an extraordinary bouquet. 1147 02:03:13,870 --> 02:03:17,950 It’s the cashmere of wines of Burgundy, grace incarnate. 1148 02:03:21,830 --> 02:03:24,330 And Eugénie's favorite wine. 1149 02:03:30,540 --> 02:03:33,200 - It's very good what we did, 1150 02:03:33,450 --> 02:03:36,910 but all this gives me the impression of a sketch. 1151 02:03:42,540 --> 02:03:43,750 Twenty years. 1152 02:03:44,660 --> 02:03:47,830 More than twenty years to work together. 1153 02:03:48,120 --> 02:03:50,330 Every day we cooked. 1154 02:03:50,500 --> 02:03:54,370 I was making a recipe and she worked wonders on the fire. 1155 02:03:55,540 --> 02:03:56,870 I miss her. 1156 02:03:58,370 --> 02:04:00,540 When she spoke to me, 1157 02:04:01,200 --> 02:04:05,540 I listened to it as intensely as I looked at his mouth and his eyes. 1158 02:04:07,410 --> 02:04:08,580 Now, 1159 02:04:09,660 --> 02:04:11,080 it's over. 1160 02:04:13,910 --> 02:04:16,910 I think of her every moment. 1161 02:04:23,250 --> 02:04:25,580 - Sorry for this irruption. 1162 02:04:26,450 --> 02:04:28,500 I'll come back later. 1163 02:04:28,700 --> 02:04:30,790 - Grimaud, Grimaud! 1164 02:04:36,750 --> 02:04:40,450 - Actually, it can't wait. - Then come in. 1165 02:04:44,160 --> 02:04:47,290 - I was having lunch with an acquaintance, 1166 02:04:47,540 --> 02:04:52,700 and after a consumption with dazzling sturgeon marrow, 1167 02:04:52,950 --> 02:04:55,370 This is what this dish appears. 1168 02:04:57,040 --> 02:05:00,200 I ran to make you taste it. 1169 02:05:20,790 --> 02:05:22,080 - Porgy? 1170 02:05:23,870 --> 02:05:28,290 Perfect, gentle, long cooking, so as not to attack the fish. 1171 02:05:45,330 --> 02:05:48,910 Sweetbreads browned in butter... with foie gras? 1172 02:05:49,540 --> 02:05:51,080 This is unheard of. 1173 02:05:51,330 --> 02:05:54,040 I didn't have them yet never associated. 1174 02:05:56,540 --> 02:05:57,540 Morels. 1175 02:05:58,870 --> 02:06:00,790 It's spring. 1176 02:06:02,290 --> 02:06:05,290 Cooked in a little cream with... 1177 02:06:06,080 --> 02:06:09,330 a little note of coffee which suits him well. 1178 02:06:10,290 --> 02:06:13,330 The sweetbread pairing and celeriac 1179 02:06:13,540 --> 02:06:17,120 is muffled, dull, not explosive and very enveloping. 1180 02:06:20,120 --> 02:06:23,950 Cucumber, deliberately raw for its tonicity. 1181 02:06:25,160 --> 02:06:29,370 And the acidity of the lemon brings freshness to its construction. 1182 02:06:45,790 --> 02:06:49,660 With fish, it's another story that is told. 1183 02:06:51,120 --> 02:06:54,580 The sweetbread plays like a fish condiment 1184 02:06:54,830 --> 02:06:59,620 which remains in its natural flavor with perfectly cooked vegetables. 1185 02:07:00,700 --> 02:07:04,200 It's a beautiful meeting between land and sea 1186 02:07:04,450 --> 02:07:07,450 who sings of the beauty of the territory. 1187 02:07:07,660 --> 02:07:10,080 Grimaud, it’s admirable. 1188 02:07:13,870 --> 02:07:16,540 - Her name is Adèle Pidou. 1189 02:07:20,700 --> 02:07:22,250 - Let's go see her. 1190 02:07:31,750 --> 02:07:33,500 - Did we find it? 1191 02:07:33,700 --> 02:07:35,750 - I think so. 1192 02:07:53,250 --> 02:07:54,830 Someone is coming back. 1193 02:07:55,120 --> 02:07:59,080 But Pauline, what are you doing? Come on, we're waiting for you. Hurry up. 1194 02:08:00,080 --> 02:08:20,950 ... 1195 02:08:21,950 --> 02:08:24,200 Birds chirping 1196 02:08:25,200 --> 02:08:29,040 The wind rustles the leaves of the trees. 1197 02:08:33,250 --> 02:08:35,830 A dove coos. 1198 02:08:36,120 --> 02:08:47,700 ... 1199 02:08:48,540 --> 02:08:49,540 Eugenie: 1200 02:08:49,750 --> 02:08:52,540 - The guests were happy, I believe. 1201 02:08:52,790 --> 02:08:53,790 Dodin: 1202 02:08:53,950 --> 02:08:54,870 Yes. 1203 02:08:55,200 --> 02:09:00,160 We are lucky to meet such nice people. 1204 02:09:02,200 --> 02:09:05,790 -"We are in the fall of our lives", you say. 1205 02:09:06,080 --> 02:09:07,910 - Yes. - Speak for yourself. 1206 02:09:08,200 --> 02:09:09,790 I feel like I'm in the middle of summer. 1207 02:09:10,080 --> 02:09:12,910 And when I leave, it will still be summer. 1208 02:09:13,200 --> 02:09:14,500 I love summer. 1209 02:09:15,500 --> 02:09:16,500 Don't you? 1210 02:09:16,700 --> 02:09:19,080 - I love all seasons. 1211 02:09:19,330 --> 02:09:23,450 The first drops of rain, the first snowflakes. 1212 02:09:23,660 --> 02:09:27,160 The first fireplace fires, the first buds. 1213 02:09:27,410 --> 02:09:31,290 All these first things that come back every year delight me. 1214 02:09:31,540 --> 02:09:33,660 - But summer, the sun... 1215 02:09:35,540 --> 02:09:38,450 I like to feel this burn in the body. 1216 02:09:38,660 --> 02:09:42,200 Like these embers that I use every day. 1217 02:09:42,450 --> 02:09:44,040 - I understand. 1218 02:09:44,290 --> 02:09:46,370 Birds chirping 1219 02:09:46,580 --> 02:09:48,830 ... 1220 02:09:49,120 --> 02:09:53,160 - For over twenty years that we live under the same roof, 1221 02:09:53,410 --> 02:09:56,790 how do you do it to have this consistency, 1222 02:09:57,080 --> 02:09:59,830 this perseverance towards me? 1223 02:10:02,290 --> 02:10:06,450 - Saint-Augustin said that happiness, 1224 02:10:07,580 --> 02:10:11,080 is to continue to desire what we already have, 1225 02:10:13,250 --> 02:10:16,370 but have I never had you? 1226 02:10:20,830 --> 02:10:23,790 - Can I ask you a question? 1227 02:10:24,540 --> 02:10:27,370 It's very important to me. 1228 02:10:31,160 --> 02:10:33,830 I'm your cook or... 1229 02:10:35,580 --> 02:10:37,700 am I your wife? 1230 02:10:46,410 --> 02:10:47,950 - My cook. 1231 02:10:50,200 --> 02:10:51,290 - THANKS. 1232 02:10:51,450 --> 02:10:55,290 Romantic piano theme: “Meditation of Thaïs” by J. Massenet 1233 02:10:55,540 --> 02:10:57,200 Birds chirping 1234 02:10:57,540 --> 02:11:02,450 ... ... 1235 02:11:02,620 --> 02:14:50,830 ... 1236 02:14:51,580 --> 02:14:54,790 Subtitles: Denis Poudou for Tri Track