---
title: 'Vatel (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roland Joffé'
released: '2000-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'Belgium'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/vatel-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190861/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Vatel (2000)

2000 · 99 min · Drama, History, Romance · United Kingdom, France, Belgium


## Synopsis

Vatel is a 2000 historical drama film directed by Roland Joffé, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roland Joffé](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-joffe)
- **Screenplay:** [Tom Stoppard](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-stoppard), [Jeanne Labrune](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-labrune)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone)
- **Producer:** [Alain Goldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-goldman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Fraisse](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-fraisse)
- **Editor:** [Noëlle Boisson](https://cinepixo.com/people/noelle-boisson)

## Cast

- [Jay Benedict](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-benedict) as King's Commode Valet
- [Jérôme Pradon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-pradon) as Marquis of Effiat
- [Emilie Ohana](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilie-ohana) as Louise de La Vallière
- [Tim Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-roth) as Antoine Nompar de Caumont
- [Rémy Roubakha](https://cinepixo.com/people/remy-roubakha) as Cook
- [Féodor Atkine](https://cinepixo.com/people/feodor-atkine) as Alcalet
- [Lionel Vitrant](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-vitrant) as Large Cook
- [André Chaumeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-chaumeau) as Monkey Handler
- [Julie-Anne Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-anne-roth) as la servante
- [Vincent Nemeth](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-nemeth) as Emissary
- [Vincent Grass](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-grass) as Martin's Father
- [Marine Delterme](https://cinepixo.com/people/marine-delterme) as Madame de Montespan
- [Natacha Koutchoumov](https://cinepixo.com/people/natacha-koutchoumov) as Louise
- [Murray Lachlan Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-lachlan-young) as Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
- [Gérard Depardieu](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-depardieu) as François Vatel

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