Desc: Vatel: Directed by Roland Joffé. With Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Julian Glover. Vatel is the cook of Prince Condé. When the prince invites Louis XIV to hunt, he has to give lavish banquets in order to fall in his favor. But when Vatel falls in love with the king's mistress, love and duty come into conflict.