A thousand billion flavors
France is crammed with McDonalds and the good tables in Tokyo make Michelin more salivate than those in Paris. From there to make sushi ... Survey on the world waltz of plates.
* At 20:40 pm: "There's sushi to be made", a documentary by Isabelle Cottenceau: http://www.arte.tv/fr/Comprendre-le-mon ... 57240.html
Foray into Tokyo, the city which dethroned Paris in the firmament of Michelin's “three stars”. http://www.arte.tv/fr/Comprendre-le-mon ... 12688.html
* At 21:30 p.m.: "McDo, une pasison française", a documentary by Stanislas Kraland: http://www.arte.tv/fr/Comprendre-le-mon ... 57534.html
How the irreducible Gallic country allowed itself to be invaded by the legions of McDonald's. http://www.arte.tv/fr/Comprendre-le-mon ... 12688.html
At 21:55 p.m .: a debate (30 min) led by Daniel Leconte.
http://www.arte.tv/fr/Comprendre-le-mon ... 57212.html
There are truths that hurt your stomach. In thirty years, France, the country of good food and vintage wines, has established itself as the second market for the McDonald's firm, just behind the United States. Today, Gaul is occupied by a total of one thousand two hundred restaurants. What happened ? This film tells how a handful of opponents pushed the enemy to change strategy to perfect a conquest already well underway. Because basically, fast food, the Gauls love it.
The director returns to the Millau McDonald's business with José Bové, takes a trip in the company of the gourmet and host Jean-Luc Petitrenaud and visits McDonald's with the food critic François Simon. He dissects our culinary identity, exploring the gap between the idea that the French have of themselves and reality.