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Cinama and Food

Anne ANDREU

France2005 61min Digi-Beta Color

Synopsis

"Tell me what you are eating. Then, I'll tell you who you are." Food is like a litmus paper that categorizes our mental states. In particular, the food in the movie tells us about the relationship between humans and the world. Despite cinema's 110-year history, there is no movie that tells us about food in movies? After the 1960s, when sex and death were produced. But it is surprising that no documentary has shown any interest in food. Digging into the secrets behind food in the movies..is beginning. Referring to the words of famous movie stars, directors and writers, the documentary explores the other side of food. The picture we are looking at is real, but when the camera steps back, we are already in a lie. From LaGrande illusion(1937) of Jean Renoir to Old Boy(2003) of Park Chan-Uk, movis about sex with minors have been released for over half-a-century. The documentary about sex with minors reminds us of the stories of Gerard Depardieu, Roland Joffe, Claude Sautet and Maurice Pialat. In Rome, the tradition of pasta in Italian movies can be tasted with Sergio Castellito. Looking for names that can draw the interest of cinephiles, such as Wong Kar Wai, Peter Greenway, Juzo Itami, Claude Chabrol and others, is another fun of this documentary.

Diretor

Anne ANDREU

Anne Andreu, a real specialist in cinema who acts as cinema critic for several newspapers, has produced numerous TV content about cinema and directed many documentaries. She has, amongst her other achievements, directed and served as biographer to Romy Schneider.