Constructing Albert

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Constructing Albert

2017

1h 22m

Documentary

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In the world of haute cuisine, the name Ferran Adrià is synonymous with creativity. Now, younger brother Albert strives to establish his own culinary reputation.

Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

07/16/2018

Laura Collado and Jim Loomis dive deep into the psyche of Albert Adri in the documentary "Constructing Albert," which follows the chef on a journey to push the boundaries of fine dining.

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

07/07/2018

The movie is 82 minutes of Albert nattering on about wanting to be better, but he talks about food only in the abstract.

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

07/05/2018

The film... shows how these meals are built from the ground up, and with backbreaking work. It also addresses, albeit not with too much specificity, the economic anxieties of creating these businesses.

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Phil Guie

Film-Forward.com

03/25/2019

2/5

Interestingly, this might be the first food-related documentary that left me without feeling any kind of craving.

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

08/06/2018

5/10

Mildly entertaining, but mostly dull, hagiographic and occasionally drags.

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Doris Toumarkine

Film Journal International

07/05/2018

Like a Facebook posting, Constructing Albert has the wafting, slightly off aroma of self-promotion.

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Laura Collado

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Jim Loomis

Director

Albert Adrià

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Ferran Adrià

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José Andrés

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Laura Collado

Writer

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Synopsis

In the world of haute cuisine, the name Ferran Adrià is synonymous with creativity. Now, younger brother Albert strives to establish his own culinary reputation.

Director: Laura Collado, Jim Loomis
Screenwriter: Laura Collado
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: European Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 16, 2019
Runtime: 1h 22m

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