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Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros
Frederick Wiseman's film showcases the Troisgros family restaurant in France, which has held three Michelin stars for 55 years over four generations.
At Berkeley
Explore the major aspects of university life at The University of California at Berkeley, the oldest and most prestigious member of a 10-campus public education system, and one of the finest research and teaching facilities in the world.
- Series
- Independent Lens
- Premiere Date
- January 13, 2014
- Length
- 248 minutes
- Funding Initiative
- Series and Special Projects
Producer/Director
Frederick Wiseman
Frederick Wiseman is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theater director. In 2017, The New York Times called him "one of the most important and original filmmakers working today." His films include Titicut Follies, In Jackson Heights, Ex Libris, City Hall, Monrovia, Indiana, At Berkeley, and Menus-Plaisirs—Les Troisgros.
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The Film
The University of California at Berkeley is the oldest and most prestigious member of a 10-campus public education system and one of the finest research and teaching facilities in the world. At Berkeley explores the major aspects of university life with emphasis on the administrative efforts to maintain the academic excellence, public role, and the economic, racial, and social diversity of the student body of America’s premiere public university in the face of drastic budgetary cuts imposed by the State of California.
It investigates how a major American university is administered and suggests the complex relationship among its various constituencies — students, faculty, administrators, alumni, the City of Berkeley, the State of California, and the federal government. In a more abstract way, the film will look closely at Berkeley’s intellectual and social mission, its obligation to the state, and to larger ideas of higher education as well as illustrate how decisions are made and implemented by the administration in collaboration with its various constituencies.
