Discovery
Type (Documentaire / Documentaire fiction / Série documentaire)Documentary Series Genre Genre en anglaisDiscovery Directed by Emma Tassy, Gérard LafontSupported by ANGOA, CNC, MEDIA, ProcirepDistributed by Arte France Distribution Year2007Duration52min
On the banks of the Grand Canal in Venice, in Sao Paulo’s Japantown or in the chic and not-so-chic districts of Los Angeles, London and Paris, people make light work of this first fast-food in history, created in 17th century Japan. Tokyo sushi masters, top French and American chefs, groups of “fishmonger rockers”, retailers at the Tsukiji Market (the “world tuna bank”), as well as anthropologists, ecologists and economists tell the tale, with or without wasabi, of the spectacular Japanese culinary wave. A succulent series!
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Informative and entertaining, this film directed by Gérard Lafont traces the history of this little gem of Japanese cuisine that has become a global success.
Le Monde
A gastronomic, historical, cultural, economic, and ecological journey.
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