Description
Vatel - 2000 / Directed by Roland Joffé / Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth / Music by Ennio Morricone / PAL DVD 2000
UPC 5998133139634
REGION 2 PAL DVD
MADE IN HUNGARY
AUDIO: English 5.1, Hungarian 5.1
SUBTITLES: HUNGARIAN
Runtime: 112 minutes
French Summary:
Vatel est un film franco-britannico-belge réalisé par Roland Joffé, sorti en 2000. Il raconte les efforts de François Vatel, maître d'hôtel de la maison Condé, pour restaurer les bonnes grâces du roi Louis XIV sur son maître. Le film évoque les derniers jours du cuisinier François Vatel, maître d'hôtel du prince Louis II de Bourbon-Condé, au château de Chantilly.
Hungarian Summary:
1671 - François Vatel (Gérard Depardieu), a büszke, de megöregedett és anyagilag tönkrement Condé herceg (Julian Glover) hűséges inasa. A hercegnek szüksége van XIV. Lajos király (Julian Sands) kegyére, és abban reménykedik, hogy a hollandok elleni új hadjáratban az uralkodó kinevezi a hadsereg vezérévé. Condé csak a királyt ismeri el maga fölött, s úgy dönt, az udvarral együtt meghívja vendégségbe. Vatelre vár a feladat, hogy Chantilly kastélyát a fogadásra alkalmassá tegye és megszervezze a háromnapos ünnepséget, amelynek éjjel-nappal káprázatosnak kell lennie. A feladat sikeres végrehajtása érdekében Vatel befogja az egész szolgahadat, férfiakat és nőket, fiatalokat és idősebbeket, akik mind azon munkálkodnak, hogy a király elégedett legyen. Megtervezi az ünnepséget, összeállítja az ételsort, s olyan látványosságokról gondoskodik, amik elragadtatást váltanak ki a királyból. A nyüzsgés kellős közepén Vatelt elcsábítja Anne de Montausier, a királyné kegyence, aki után a király is epekedik.
English Summary:
Vatel is a 2000 historical drama film directed by Roland Joffé, written by Jeanne Labrune and translated by Tom Stoppard, and starring Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Timothy Spall, Julian Glover and Julian Sands. The film, based on the life of 17th-century French chef François Vatel, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction. The film opened the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
The story takes place in 1671. In the context of the Franco-Dutch War, a financially struggling Louis, Grand 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.
Cast:
- Gérard Depardieu as François Vatel
- Uma Thurman as Anne de Montausier
- Tim Roth as Marquis of Lauzun
- Timothy Spall as Gourville
- Julian Glover as Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, "Grand Condé"
- Julian Sands as Louis XIV
- Murray Lachlan Young as Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans, "Monsieur", only brother of King Louis XIV.
- Hywel Bennett as Colbert
- Richard Griffiths as Dr. Bourdelot
- Arielle Dombasle as Claire Clémence de Maillé, "Princess of Condé"
- Marine Delterme as Madame de Montespan, mistress of King Louis XIV.
- Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, "Duchess of Longueville"
- Jérôme Pradon as Marquis of Effiat, lover of the Monsieur.
- Féodor Atkine as Alcalet
- Nathalie Cerda as Marie Thérèse of Austria, wife of King Louis XIV.
- Emilie Ohana as Louise de la Vallière, another mistress of the king.
- Sébastien Davis as Demaury
- Louis Bustin as Martin
- Vincent Grass as Martin's Father
- Natacha Koutchoumovas Servant of Anne de Montausier
Directed by | Roland Joffé |
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Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Cinematography | Robert Fraisse |
Edited by | Noëlle Boisson |
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Distributed by | Gaumont |
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Language | English |