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Menus-Plaisirs—Les Troisgros

(Frederick Wiseman, 2023)

Columbus Premiere

Info & Tickets

Three individuals are standing around a counter, two are wearing chef's hats.

Jan 13, 2024–Jan 14, 2024

Sat, Jan 13, 1:00 PM
Sun, Jan 14, 1:00 PM

Film/Video Theater

$9 general public
$7 members and adults 55 and over
$5 students

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Get an expansive behind-the-scenes look at a world-class French restaurant through the lens of legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman.

For his latest project Wiseman immerses himself in the operations of La Maison Troisgros, a revered restaurant in Roanne, France, owned by the same family for four generations and often rated among the world’s best, with an exceptional three-star rating from the Michelin Guide. With a title that translates as “small pleasures,” Menus-Plaisirs captures them in abundance, following the creation of exquisite dishes from the kitchen to the table and capturing interactions between staff and the restaurant’s usually well-heeled patrons, all in exhaustive detail. Leisurely paced, Wiseman has created an experience that will give food lovers the sense that they are a regular at this esteemed establishment, even if they are never able to visit in person. In French with English subtitles. (240 mins., DCP)

Menus-Plaisirs was awarded the Best Non-Fiction Film of 2023 by the New York Film Critics Circle.

Wiseman visited the Wexner Center in 2006 to introduce his film High School (1968) that screened as part of a month-long retrospective.

IMAGE CAPTION
Menus-Plaisirs—Les Troisgros, courtesy of Zipporah Films.

Know before you go

When you think of French Cuisine and desserts, chocolate mousse might first come to mind.

Please enjoy a complementary sample of chocolate mousse courtesy of the Refectory and its Executive Chef Richard Blondin, a native of Lyon, France, following the January 13 screening.

About the filmmaker

Frederick Wiseman is an Academy Award–winning filmmaker who has dedicated his more than 50 years as a documentarian to creating absorbing and exhaustive films that chronicle American institutions such as schools, hospitals, city governments, department stores, and more. Since the 1990s, Wiseman has also turned his lens to his adopted home of France, capturing the day-to-day such institutions as the Comédie-Française and the Opéra de Paris.

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FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Humanities

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Ohio Department of Development
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
CampusParc
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

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Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
Nancy Kramer
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection
Larry and Donna James
Bruce and Joy Soll
Jones Day
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