Kukhnya v Parizhe (2014) on Netflix
A dinner for the Russian and French presidents ends in disaster at Moscow's Claude Monet restaurant. Viktor Barinov and his staff head to Paris, where work and rivals await.
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Plot summary
The Claude Monet restaurant in Moscow has grown into a thriving establishment with a steady hand at the top. That standing breaks when a dinner for the Russian and French presidents goes badly wrong, and the staff and the owner are left looking for work. They head to Paris, where new jobs and new rivals wait. Viktor Barinov, the head chef, runs into his father, who is in charge of the kitchen at the best restaurant in Paris. Maksim Lavrov, a chef, has to measure himself against Viktoriya Goncharova's French boyfriend. The team looks to redeem itself in Paris, where the French way of doing things has its own obstacles.
Cast
- Elena Chernyavskayaas Angelina
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Kukhnya v Parizhe (2014)
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- To capture the mouse's trail across the floor and shots "with the mouse's eyes", the crew built a special mini-crane device, and got other unusual angles by placing a GoPro camera inside the duck and in the soup.
- Before casting, the creators considered the actor Vincent Cassel for the role of Nicolas DuPont, the head of the French President's protocol.
- The film's most difficult scene, a meeting of the Russian and French presidents with dozens of actors and extras, vehicles and sophisticated equipment, was shot on the crew's very first day in Paris.
- Shooting in Paris was complicated by bureaucracy: every movement of the film crew was regulated by special permits, and both land and river police carried out constant checks.
- The French actor Vincent Perez helped Yelena Podkaminskaya and Nikita Tarasov master all the nuances of French pronunciation.
- The film opens with a parody of moments from the animated film Ratatouille, in whose Russian dubbing the actor Dmitry Nazarov had taken part.
