''The Kitchen in Paris'' (; ) is a 2014 Russian

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, a first

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directed by

Dmitriy Dyachenko Dmitriy Vladimirovich Dyachenko (, born September 16, 1972) is a Russian film director, director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his comedy movies starring Kvartet I that became box office hits in Russia. Filmograp ...

of the television channel by

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and company by

Yellow, Black and White Yellow, Black and White (YBW) Group is a Russian company, engaged in TV shows, series and movies production. The main company's partner from 2008 to 2017 (in 2021 partnership was restored) is "STS" TV channel. In the period from 2018 till 2020 YBW ...

-Group. It is a continuation of the third season of the television series ''

The Kitchen The Kitchen is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary avant-garde performance and experimental art institution located at 512 West 19th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was founde ...

'' (2012-2016). It stars

Dmitry Nazarov Dmitry Yurievich Nazarov (russian: Дми́трий Ю́рьевич Наза́ров; born 4 July 1957) is а Soviet and Russian actor, television presenter and poet. People's Artist of Russia (2000).

, Mark Bogatyryov, Yelena Podkaminskaya and

Dmitry Nagiyev Dmitry Vladimirovich Nagiyev (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Нагиев, born April 4, 1967) is a Russian actor, TV-host, musician, showman and radio host. In 1991, graduated from the Leningrad State Institute Of Theater, Musi ...

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

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Plot

After the events of the third season, the «Claude Monet» restaurant continued and strengthened its fame in

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, 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

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and

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. 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 -

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. 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.Кухня в Париже, 2014
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Cast

as Viktor Petrovich Barinov, the

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* as Maxim "Max" Lavrov, the chef * Yelena Podkaminskaya as Viktoria "Vika" Goncharova, the

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of the restaurant *

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, the owner of both restaurants *

Oleg Tabakov Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov (russian: Олег Павлович Табаков; 17 August 1935 – 12 March 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actor and the Artistic Director of the Moscow Art Theatre. People's Artist of the USSR (1988). Biography Tabak ...

as Petr Arkadyevich Barinov, Viktor's father and

of the restaurant ''Victor'' in Paris *

Vincent Perez Vincent Perez (born 10 June 1964) is a Swiss actor, director and photographer. He played the title character, Ashe Corven, in '' The Crow: City of Angels'', and starred in ''Queen of the Damned'', playing Marius de Romanus. Some of his films in ...

as Nicolas DuPont, the chief of protocol of the French president and Vika's boyfriend *

Viktor Khorinyak Viktor Viktorovich Khorinyak (russian: Ви́ктор Ви́кторович Хориня́к; born March 22, 1990) is a Russian actor. Artist of the after Anton Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre. Known for his role as the bartender Konstantin Anisimo ...

as Konstantin "Kostya" Anisimov, the

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* as Anastasia "Nastya" Anisimova, the

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and Kostya's wife * as Arseniy "Senya" Chuganin, the meat-specializing chef * Mikhail Tarabukin as Fedor "Fedya" Yurchenko, the fish-specializing chef * as Lev "Lyova" Solovyov, the

sous-chef A sous-chef is a chef who is second in command in a kitchen; the person ranking next after the head chef, usually the more hands on manager with regards to training staff and organising the kitchen. Duties and functions The sous-chef has many re ...

* as Louis Benoît, the

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* Zhanyl Asanbekova as Ainura, the janitor * Elena Chernyavskaya as Angelina Smirnova, the promotional model of the restaurant * Irina Temicheva as Eva Beletskaya, the waitress * Jib Pocthier as Baltazar Bartholomew, the sous-chef in Paris *

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as the

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* Anatoly Gorbunov as the

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as Sergey, the chief of protocol of the Russian president * as Philip Boileau, the famous French

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Kira Kreylis-Petrova Kira Alexandrovna Kreylis-Petrova (russian: Кира Александровна Крейлис-Петрова; 1 July 1931 – 12 May 2021) was a Soviet and Russian stage, television, and film actress. She was an Honored Artist of Russia (1993). ...

as Max's grandma

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

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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

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camera inside the duck and in the

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. 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

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 Vincent Cassel (; ; born 23 November 1966) is a French actor. He first achieved recognition for his performance as a troubled History of the Jews in France, French Jewish youth in Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film ''La Haine (Hate)'', for which he ...

Filming

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...

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

References

External links

Official website
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