MENUS-PLAISIRS – LES TROISGROS, the most recent film from legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, is set to be released in UK and Irish cinemas on 2 January 2026 from BFI Distribution through Zipporah Films Inc.
The four-hour film offers an epic and joyous behind-the-scenes look at day-to-day life at one of the world’s finest restaurants, Troisgros in rural France.
Frederick Wiseman’s Menus-Plaisirs – BFI Player Release and Blu-ray Box Set
A BFI Player release will follow on 26 January with eight further Wiseman films also made available on the platform. To coincide with the release, a BFI Blu-ray box set of five films will also be released on the same date.
The cinema release of MENUS-PLAISIRS – LES TROISGROS coincides with the final month of the BFI Southbank season, CINEMA EXPANDED, THE FILMS OF FREDERICK WISEMAN, which opened in October.
The Legendary Troisgros Restaurant: A Four-Generation Culinary Legacy
Founded in 1930 in central France, the Troisgros family restaurant has been holding 3 Michelin stars for 57 years over four generations. Michel Troisgros, the third generation to head the restaurant, has turned over the responsibility for the cuisine to his son César, the fourth generation of Troisgros chefs.
From the market to pick fresh vegetables, to a cheese processing plant, a vineyard, an organic cattle ranch to the backyard garden supplying the restaurant, Frederick Wiseman takes us on a mouthwatering and sense-pleasing journey into the family’s three restaurant kitchens.
The Artistry and Philosophy Behind Menus-Plaisirs
An immersive experience, four hours long, without interviews, narration or music, MENUS-PLAISIRS – LES TROISGROS shows the great artistry, ingenuity, imagination, and hard work of the restaurant staff in creating, preparing, and presenting meals of the highest quality.
The official poster for Frederick Wiseman’s Menus-Plaisirs – Les TroisgrosFrederick Wiseman on Menus-Plaisirs
Speaking about the film, Frederick Wiseman commented:
“Watching César and Michel Troisgros at work was like being in the studio of great artists. I saw how the combination of imagination, hard work, sensitivity, intelligence and tradition combined to produce the multiple works of transitory and ephemeral art that each combination of ingredients represented on every plate served. I found the art of the Troisgros related to the creative work I explored in films such as the La Comédie-Française ou L’Amour Joué, and La Danse—Le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris as well as having links to the other films in my institutional series.”
MENUS-PLAISIRS – LES TROISGROS is produced, directed and edited by Frederick Wiseman. The Director of Photography is James Bishop and Sound is by Jean-Paul Mugel. The film is also produced by Karen Konicek and Olivier Giel.
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