King Georges

Name: King Georges
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: February 26, 2016
Duration: 77 min
Rating: 71

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Sundance Selects | Release Date: February 26, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Philadelphia, circa 2010, is about to lose its culinary treasure: Le Bec-Fin, one of the finest French restaurants in the country. The 67-year-old owner, Georges Perrier, nearly as iconic as his landmark eatery, is preparing to sell the restaurant after more than four decades in business. Filmmaker Erika Frankel, a native of the PhillyPhiladelphia, circa 2010, is about to lose its culinary treasure: Le Bec-Fin, one of the finest French restaurants in the country. The 67-year-old owner, Georges Perrier, nearly as iconic as his landmark eatery, is preparing to sell the restaurant after more than four decades in business. Filmmaker Erika Frankel, a native of the Philly suburbs, asks if she could film Perrier as an era-ending tribute. Perrier, however, has other plans. He decides to withdraw the sale and reinvent Le Bec-Fin by hiring a new protégé, Chef Nicholas Elmi, who achieved national fame on the “Top Chef” TV show. Perrier wants to pass the business to Elmi, but finds he has trouble letting go of the spatula. Over a three-year period, Frankel captures this mercurial, passionate, quixotic force of nature as he struggles to preserve his sumptuous Gallic dishes in an era where casual attitudes and lighter fare are taking hold. [Sundance Selects]… Expand

Director: Erika Frankel

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 77 min

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Robert Abele

Feb 25, 2016

[A] poignant, funny and well-seasoned portrait of autumnal fervor. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Feb 17, 2016

Erika Frankel’s documentary is finally revealed to be a story of prolonged adjustment to retirement, and a poignant illustration of sublimated redemption. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Feb 25, 2016

Frankel has a fine eye for telling detail, and the result, while sentimental, is as irresistible as the dessert cart. Read full review

Steven Rea

Feb 26, 2016

The relationship between the young American and the old Frenchman is as rich as one of Perrier's sauces: the pupil and the teacher, the son and the father, the keen protégé and the stubborn classicist. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Feb 26, 2016

The movie also show’s Perrier’s humor, and his talents as a mentor. Read full review

John DeFore

Feb 25, 2016

There's nothing moribund about the action in King Georges, the lively first film directed by doc producer Erika Frankel, which observes the perfectionist workhorse in his kitchen. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Feb 25, 2016

King Georges feels stretched into feature length, but its ending neatly portrays a man with a fierce personal code who seems to have accepted change. Read full review

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