- Director : Laura Gabbert
- Media Format : NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 15 minutes
- Release date : April 27, 2021
- Actors : Yotam Ottolenghi, Dominique Ansel, Sam Bompas, Dinara Kasko, Deborah Krohn
- Studio : IFC Independent Film
I think my biggest mistake in the expectations
I had from Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles comes from the knowledge that
director Laura Gabbert previously directed City of Gold, a documentary I love. While
City of Gold was about a man, however, Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles
is about history and an event celebrating it. In premise alone, there is more
of an emotional disconnect between the material, and it doesn’t help that a
movie about sumptuous culinary artistry ends with discussion of Marie
Antoinette’s death.
