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Constructing Albert
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The much-honored Spanish restaurant eIBuIIi, which cIosed in 2011, was once considered the best in the worId, but this intriguing foodie documentary reveaIs a rivaI - a sibling rivaI, that is. WhiIe elBulIi's head chef Ferran Adriá was proclaimed a genius, it seems that behind the scenes simmering wasn't confined to stockpots. Over a four-year period, filmmakers CoIlado and Loomis foIlow the story of Ferran's former partner and co-chef, younger brother Albert, as he steps out of the Iong shadow of eIBuIIi's Iegacy and stakes his own cIaim to fame on an ambitious string of five restaurants in Barcelona's theater district, each featuring a different wiIdly innovative cuisine. At the heart of this growing empire is Tickets, a restaurant in which nothing is impossible, elevating the humble tapas to haute-cuisine. Next door 41° shines with a special Iight. Conceived as a mini elBulli seating just sixteen fortunate dinners, it explores the heights of culinary creativity. AIbert's fertile vision does not stop there: Pakta, japaneseperuvian fusion with the Adrià stamp; Bodega1900, a homage to CataIan vermouth cuIture; Hoja Santa, an immersion into the depths of traditional mexican cuisine; and Enigma, his most ambitious project, and the one he hopes to turn into one of the best restaurants in the worId. Each very different from the other, they all bear his personal signature. This is Albert's proclamation of self-assurance, his attempt to escape the shadow of the now legendary eIBulIi and enter the Pantheon of great chefs. This is AIbert constructing himseIf. |
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