Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

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Entre les Bras

France
2011 — 90' / Color

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Synopsis

In 2009, the three-Michelin-stars French chef Michel Bras decides to hand his restaurant over to his son Sebastien, who has been working with him for 15 years. Entre les Bras tells the story of these extraordinary dishes prepared by a father and a son, in the hilly landscape of Aubrac region. We follow this gastronomic transmission, and enter intimately in their family ties. 
 Between Jonathan Nossiter’s Mondovino and Raymond Depardon’s La Vie Moderne, this documentary draws a moving and joyful portrait of this outstanding family devoted to the Haute Cuisine for three generations…

Director Biography

Paul has taught film directing for 15 years at ESAV (Ecole Superieure d'Audiovisuel) in Toulouse. At the same time, he has directed shorts and medium-length works of fiction. In 2010, he wrote a play about religion and family, directed it, and adapted it for the cinema under the title Les Eaux Fortes.

Director

Paul Lacoste

Producer

Didier Creste

Cinematographer

Yvan Quéhec

Editor

Anthony Brinig

Sound

François Labaye

Contact

Sarah Chazelle
7, rue Ambroise Thomas
75009 Paris, France
+33 1 40 22 92 15
[email protected]