2021 · history · comedy · drama
Delicious
Directed by Éric Besnard1h 52m2021
France, 1789 - just before the Revolution. When talented chef Manceron is dismissed from his prestigious position by the Duke of Chamfort, he loses the taste for cooking. But when he meets the mysterious Louise, together they decide to create the very first restaurant in France.
Our read: Delicious (2021) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded history · comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle history / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
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