- Awards: Deutscher Kamerapreis - Dokumentarfilm/Dokumentation | FFF Förderpreis
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The starred chef Ferran Adrià is known as the best, most innovative and craziest cook in the world.
Every year, the restaurant closes for six months. During this time, Adrià and his creative team retire to their cooking laboratory in Barcelona, to create a new menu for the following season. Everything is allowed – except of copying themselves.
One year with Ferran Adrià, the development of a new menu, searching for the essence of creativity and obsession in a place where they already call the „frozen parmesan air with cereals“ from 2004 a classical dish.
EL Bulli - Cooking in Progress
premiere location: IDFA 2010
credits
- director(s): Gereon Wetzel
- cinematographer(s): Josef Mayerhofer
- editor(s): Anja Pohl
- music: Stephan Diethelm
- producer(s): Ingo Fliess
- production company: if...Productions
- co-production company: BR, WDR
technical data
- film format: 55 mm, Techniscope
- audio format: Dolby Digital 2.0
- aspect ratio: 16/9
- production year: 2010
- runtime: 108'
- countries: GERMANY
- genres: human interest, arts&culture, science
- languages: Catalan, Spanish
- subtitles: English
reviews
- "Wetzel's fascinating documentary depicts a world far removed from Hell's Kitchen clichés." Geoffrey Macnab
- "In addition to stunning food shots, the director also captures Adrià as he rallies his chef brigade with rousing pep talks and gives viewers a glimpse of the man during his creative process."
- After US (Kino Lorber) and Canadian (Kino Smith) B.O. success, EL BULLI conquers home country.
Festivals
- IDFA 2010
- MoMA Documentary Fortnight 2011
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