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Vatel (film)
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| Directed by | Roland Joffé |
| Produced by | Roland Joffé Alain Goldman |
| Written by | Jeanne Labrune Tom Stoppard |
| Starring | Gérard Depardieu Uma Thurman Tim Roth |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography | Robert Fraisse |
| Editing by | Noëlle Boisson |
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| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | France United Kingdom Belgium |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $51,080h[1] |
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[hide]Plot[edit]
The film takes place in 1671. In the prelude to the Franco-Dutch War, a financially struggling Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé is visited by King Louis XIV for three days of festivities at the Château de Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, and spares no expense in order to impress the king. In charge of organizing the event is François Vatel, Master of Festivities and Pleasures in the prince's household. Vatel is a man of great honor and talent, but of low birth. As the great Condé is prepared to do anything in his quest for stature, the tasks assigned to Vatel are often menial and dishonourable. While Vatel tries to sustain dignity amidst the extravaganza he is meant to orchestrate, he finds himself in love with Anne de Montausier, the king's latest lover, who returns his affections. However, due to their incompatible social standing and the rigid hierarchy of the court, continuing the liaison is clearly impossible. The movie ends with Vatel realizing that he is nothing more than a puppet in the hands of his superiors, bought and sold like a piece of property: he consequently commits suicide by slicing his own throat. Anne de Montausier is grief-stricken upon hearing the news but she must not speak of it. In doing so, she flees the court quietly and no one ever knew about her and Vatel.Cast[edit]
- Gérard Depardieu : François Vatel
- Uma Thurman : Anne de Montausier
- Tim Roth : Marquis of Lauzun
- Timothy Spall : Gourville
- Julian Glover : Prince of Condé
- Julian Sands : Louis XIV
- Murray Lachlan Young : Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
- Hywel Bennett : Colbert
- Richard Griffiths : Dr. Bourdelot
- Arielle Dombasle : Princess of Condé Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé
- Marine Delterme : Athenaïs de Montespan
- Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu : Duchesse de Longueville
- Jérôme Pradon : Marquis d'Effiat
- Féodor Atkine : Alcalet
- Nathalie Cerda : Maria Theresa of Spain
- Emilie Ohana : Louise de la Vallière
- Sébastien Davis : Demaury
- Natacha Koutchoumov : servant of Anne de Montausier
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Vatel at the Internet Movie Database
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- 2000 films
- English-language films
- 2000s romantic drama films
- Romantic period films
- Cooking films
- France in fiction
- Works about Louis XIV of France
- Fictional chefs
- Biographical films
- Films directed by Roland Joffé
- Films set in France
- Belgian films
- British films
- French films
- Film scores by Ennio Morricone
- Films set in country houses
François (Fransois )Vatel
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François Vatel
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Vatel was born in Paris. He is widely but incorrectly credited with creating crème Chantilly (Chantilly cream), a sweet, vanilla-flavoured whipped cream, but there is no contemporary documentation for this claim, and whipped, flavored cream was known at least a century earlier.[1]
Vatel served Louis XIV's superintendent Nicolas Fouquet in the splendid inauguration fête at the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte that took place on 17 August 1661, the occasion of Fouquet's downfall.
Vatel was responsible for an extravagant banquet for 2,000 people hosted in honour of Louis XIV by Louis, the great Condé in April 1671 at the Château de Chantilly, where he died. According to a letter by Madame de Sévigné, Vatel was so distraught about the lateness of the seafood delivery and about other mishaps that he committed suicide by running himself through with a sword, and his body was discovered when someone came to tell him of the arrival of the fish.[2]
Popular culture[edit]
His story was depicted in the 2000 film Vatel by Roland Joffé, with Gérard Depardieu playing the role of Vatel. According to the film, Vatel committed suicide when he realized he was nothing more than property in the eyes in his superiors.References[edit]
- Jump up ^ see the whipped cream article for full documentation
- Jump up ^ James A. Harrison, ed., Letters of Madame de Sévigné, 1899, p. 35f
Further reading[edit]
- Dominique Michel 1999.Vatel ou la naissance de la gastronomie (Editions Fayard)
- Patrick Rambourg 1999. Recettes du Grand Siècle (Editions Fayard)
- Mathilde Mottoule 2006. Vatel ou l'origine d'un mythe.
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