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The Chef

2012 · 84 min · Director: Daniel Cohen ★ IMDb 6.6 · 19,040 ratings

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Jacky Bonnot is 32 years old and a lover of haute cuisine. He is undeniably talented and he dreams of success managing a great restaurant, but he and his wife's financial situation obliges him to accept odd jobs that he is not passionate about and thus, never able to keep. One day he runs into his idol, Alexandre Lagarde, a famous multi-star chef whose comfortable situation is threatened by the holding group that owns his restaurants.

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The Chef (2012) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Anxiety 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor35%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Anxiety. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.

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Cast

Jean Reno

Alexandre Lagarde

RA
Raphaëlle Agogué

Julien Boisselier

Stanislas Matter

SS
Salomé Stévenin

Amandine

ID
Issa Doumbia

Moussa

BM
Bun-hay Mean

Chang

Pierre Vernier

Paul Matter

GC
Geneviève Casile

La mère de Béatrice

AP
André Penvern

Le père de Béatrice

JG
James Gerard

Cyril Boss

LC
Laurent Claret

Le critique

CP
Christophe Paou

Le sommelier

RM
Rebecca Miquel

Carole, patrone du restaurant de Nevers

HP
Henri Payet

Thibault

JF
Jeanne Ferron

Jeannine

Details

Directed by
Daniel Cohen
Type
Movies
Released
2012
Runtime
84 min
Country
France, Spain
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 19,040 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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