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Directed by | Roland Joffé |
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Cinematography | Robert Fraisse |
Edited by | Noëlle Boisson |
Music by | Ennio Morricone |
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Distributed by | Gaumont |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
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Language | English |
Box office | $51,080 (US)[1] |
Vatel is a 2000 historical drama film directed by Roland Joffé,[2] written by Jeanne Labrune and translated by Tom Stoppard, and starring Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Timothy Spall, Julian Glover and Julian Sands. The film, based on the life of 17th-century French chef François Vatel, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction. The film opened the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[3]