American Cuisine (1998)

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French-born, UCLA-trained screenwriter Jean-Yves Pitoun made his directorial debut with this French comedy in which self-taught cook Lorenzo, aka Loren (Jason Lee) is discharged from the U.S. Navy after hitting a superior who accused him of serving "sissy food" to the Admiral's guests. Back in Brooklyn, Loren works at his Italian-Irish family's pizza parlor and then heads for France to study with his idol, chef Louis Boyer (Eddy Mitchell). After the death of his wife, Boyer raised his daughter Gabrielle (Irene Jacob), now a successful restaurant architect engaged to physician Vincent (Thibault de Montalembert). Gabrielle and Loren compare recipes and finally choose romance from their menu, while Boyer begins to cave in from the stress of tax problems, restaurant critics, and police seeking illegal foreign workers. Jason Lee learned French in order to do the French dialogue version. In the English-language version, actors speak French but switch to English when Lee is onscreen.

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Jason Lee
as Loren
Eddy Mitchell
as Louis Boyer
Irène Jacob
as Gabrielle
Isabelle Petit-Jacques
as Carole
Michel Muller
as Tax Inspector
Sylvie Loeillet
as Suzanne
Thibault de Montalembert
as Vincent
Anthony Valentine
as Wellington
Tax Inspector
as Michel Muller
Isabelle Leprince
as Agnes
Laurent Gendron
as Bruno
Gérard Chaillou
as Roger
Lyes Salem
as Karim
Linda Powell
as Miller
Skipp Sudduth
as Wicks
David Gabison
as Fredet
Keith Hill
as Germaine
Alex Nelcha
as Lucas
Kathrine Narducci
as Bridget
Heather Matarazzo
as Kerry
Suzanne Shepherd
as Martha
Mike Hodge
as Judge
Rémy Roubakha
as Policeman 2
Don Hewitt Jr.
as Precision Driver
Helena Catays
as Cook
Ines De Cornulier
as Cook
Dorothee Brigoo
as Cook
Philippe Marieux-Chevrot
as Cook
Ambroise Meunier
as Cook
Stephane Sillon
as Cook
Frank Olivier Bonnet
as Policeman 1
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