El Chef, la receta de la felicidad (2012)
Jacky Bonnot, 32 años, amante de la alta cocina, sueña con triunfar en un gran restaurante. Pero la situación financiera de su matrimonio le obligó a aceptar puestos de trabajo que para nada cubrían sus aspiraciones. Por otro lado Alexandre Lagarde es un reconocido chef de un restaurante con 3 estrellas Michelin. A pesar de su éxito, Lagarde ve peligrar su cómoda posición porque el grupo financiero que es dueño de sus restaurantes quiere implantar la "cocina molecular" en la carta. El chef está falto de inspiración y quiere evitar a toda costa los cambios en su cocina. Es el punto en el que ambos personajes confluyen. Lagarde contrata a Jacky, que le dará un aire nuevo a su cocina y le ayudará a recuperar su inspiración, y Jacky podrá conseguir su sueño de ser un gran cocinero en un prestigioso restaurante.
Directora: Daniel Cohen
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Michaël Youn as Jacky Bonnot |
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Jean Reno as Alexandre Lagarde |
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Raphaëlle Agogué as Béatrice |
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Julien Boisselier as Stanislas Matter |
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Salomé Stévenin as Amandine |
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Serge Larivière as Titi |
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Issa Doumbia as Moussa |
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Bun-hay Mean as Chang |
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Pierre Vernier as Paul Matter |
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Santiago Segura as Juan |
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Geneviève Casile as La mère de Béatrice |
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André Penvern as Le père de Béatrice |
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James Gerard as Cyril Boss |
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Laurent Claret as Le critique |
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Christophe Paou as Le sommelier |
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Rebecca Miquel as Carole, patrone du restaurant de Nevers |
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Henri Payet as Thibault |
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Jeanne Ferron as Jeannine |
| Directing | Daniel Cohen | Director |
| Writing | Daniel Cohen | Writer |
| Art | Patrick Tandiang | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emmanuelle Youchnovski | Costume Design |
| Art | Dominique Moisan | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frédéric Lainé | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Production | Adrian Politowski | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Françoise Quilichini | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Robert Fraisse | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Géraldine Rétif | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Guillaume Castagné | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Production | Jeremy Burdek | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laetitia Hillion | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Art | Hugues Tissandier | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olivier Afonso | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Art | Évelyne Tissandier | Set Decoration |
| Production | Gilles Waterkeyn | Producer |
| Sound | Nicola Piovani | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nicolas Herlin | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Lucien Balibar | Sound |
| Sound | Alain Lévy | Sound |
| Production | Nadia Khamlichi | Producer |
| Production | Sidonie Dumas | Producer |
| Writing | Olivier Dazat | Writer |