The Kitchen in Paris

The Kitchen in Paris (Кухня в Париже; Kukhnya v Parizhe) is a 2014 Russian comedy, a first feature film directed by Dmitriy Dyachenko of the television channel by STS and company by Yellow, Black and White-Group. It is a continuation of the third season of the television series The Kitchen (2012-2016). It stars Dmitry Nazarov, Mark Bogatyryov, Yelena Podkaminskaya and Dmitry Nagiyev.[2][3][4]

The Kitchen in Paris
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDmitriy Dyachenko
Produced by
  • Vyacheslav Murugov (ru)
  • Eduard Iloyan
  • Vitaliy Shlyappo (ru)
  • Aleksey Trotsyuk (ru)
  • Dmitriy Dyachenko
  • Aleksandr Rubtsov
  • Igor Poptsov
  • Aleksey Andrianov
  • Aleksey Volkov
Written by
  • Dmitriy Yan
  • Vasiliy Kutsenko
  • Pavel Danilov
  • Igor Tudvasev
Based onKitchen (TV series)
by Dmitriy Dyachenko, Zhora Kryzhovnikov and Anton Fedotov
Starring
Music by
  • Ivan Kanayev
  • Anton Silaev
  • Aleksey Massalitinov
CinematographySergey Dyshuk
Edited by
  • Nikolai Bulygin
  • Max Polinsky
  • Mariya Likhachyova
Production
company
Yellow, Black and White-Group
STS (TV channel)
Distributed byCentral Partnership
Release date
  • May 1, 2014 (2014-05-01) (Russia)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget$2.3 million
Box office$14 million[1]

The Kitchen in Paris was theatrically released in Russia on May 1, 2014 by Central Partnership.

Plot

After the events of the third season, the «Claude Monet» restaurant continued and strengthened its fame in Moscow, remaining a prosperous establishment with a skilled owner, a diligent director and excellent cuisine. But all the hopes and efforts of the team are interrupted by the failure of the restaurant in the preparation and conduct of an international level event - a meeting of the presidents of Russia and France.

The workers and the owner of the restaurant have to look for a new place of work, and, leaving the previous «Claude Monet», they rush to the “city of love”, the capital of France - Paris. New work, new color and new rivals. Victor Barinov meets his own father - the chef of the best restaurant in Paris, and Max Lavrov has to compete with the French boyfriend Vika Goncharova, who in the end will try to make her an offer of marriage. The film ends with the wedding of Max Lavrov and Vika Lavrova (Goncharova), as well as the return of the restaurant team to Russia.[5]

Cast
  • Dmitry Nazarov as Viktor Petrovich Barinov, the chef
  • Mark Bogatyryov as Maxim "Max" Leonidovich Lavrov, a cook
  • Yelena Podkaminskaya as Viktoria "Vika" Sergeevna Goncharova, the art director of the restaurant,
  • Dmitry Nagiyev as himself, the owner of both restaurants
  • Oleg Tabakov
  • Vincent Perez as Head of Protocol, the French President Nicolas DuPont, Vika's boyfriend
  • Viktor Khorinyak as Konstantin "Kostya" Konstantinovich Anisimov, is a barman at the restaurant,
  • Olga Kuzmina as Anastasia "Nastya" Stephanovna Fomina, the waitress «Claude Monet».
  • Sergey Lavygin as Arseniy "Senya" Andreevich Chuganin, a cook who specializes in meat.
  • Mikhail Tarabukin as Feodor "Fedya" Mikhailovich Yurchenko, a cook who specializes in fish.
  • Sergey Epishev as Lev Solovyov
  • Nikita Tarasov as Ludvik "Lui" Benua, a pastry-baker from Provence, France.
  • Janil Asanbekova as Ainura Jannatbekovna Kenensarova, a cleaner from Kyrgyzstan, cleaning-dishwasher «Claude Monet».
  • Elena Chernyavskaya as Angelina Yaroslavovna Smirnova, hostess «Claude Monet».
  • Irina Temicheva as Eva Beletskaya, the waitress «Claude Monet».

Production

At the beginning of the film, some moments of the cartoon Ratatouille (film) are parodied, in the Russian dubbing of which the actor Dmitry Nazarov took part. Also at the beginning of the film, the Chef has a DVD with a cartoon in his office.

On the very first day, they shot the most difficult scene in Paris: a meeting of the Presidents of France and Russia, in which dozens of actors and extras were involved, transport and sophisticated equipment.

To remove the mouse’s mileage on the floor and the view “with the mouse’s eyes”, technicians from the film crew built a special device - a mini-crane. Also, unusual angles were achieved by placing the GoPro camera inside the duck and in the Soup.

In France, more than 35 French were employed in the film crew. Local filmmakers noted that this is an unprecedented number for a foreign project.

Casting

Vincent Perez helped Yelena Podkaminskaya and Nikita Tarasov master all the nuances of French pronunciation.

For the role of Nicolas DuPont, the head of the protocol of the French President, the creators considered Vincent Cassel.

Filming

Principal photography in Paris was complicated by numerous bureaucratic procedures. Literally all the movements of the film crew were regulated by special permissions, the police (both "land" and river) conducted constant checks.

Release

The premiere took place in all cinemas on May 1, 2014 by Central Partnership.

See also

Films and spin-offs

  • The Kitchen. The Last Battle (2017), a second feature film
  • Hotel Belgrade (2020), a third feature film

References
  1. "The Kitchen in Paris (2014)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  2. Объединенный стенд российского кино Russian Cinema презентовал новые проекты
  3. Ярославская афиша на 9-11 мая. Парад, салют и песни военных лет
  4. Российский «Последний богатырь 2: Корень зла» получил первый трейлер
  5. Кухня в Париже, 2014
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