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A Geographical Place Through Visual And Narrative Portrayal Of Food

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Food has the ability to transport you to other countries, different times, and completely new experiences. The effectiveness of film to create a geographical place through visual and narrative portrayal of food will be explored through the elaboration on three movies: Haute Cuisine, Ratatouille, and Chocolat. The movies explored in this essay are all set in France and have various levels of effectiveness when it comes to creating a sense of geographical place through visual and narrative portrayal on film. While all these movies are set in France, some proved to be more superior than others in terms of successfully portraying French food through film. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the different levels of accomplishment on successfully portraying location through visual and narrative portrayal of food. Each film was individually assessed under the same visual and narrative context and was judged in terms of effectiveness in portrayal and ability to transport the viewer.
Haute Cuisine is a French film following the journey of the French president’s personal cook and the ups and downs she faces while working in the Élysée palace. The movie is every food lover’s dream and does a remarkable job at making viewers salivate just from the sight of the haute French cuisine. According to Hertweck (2014):
Although there are multiple reasons for a filmmaker to locate food and eating at the center of a script, perhaps overlooked is the ability of these images to directly

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