Alex Prud'homme

Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child's surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, to her empowering story of a woman who found fame in her 50s, and her calling as an unlikely television sensation.

Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child's surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, to her empowering story of a woman who found fame in her 50s, and her calling as an unlikely television sensation.

1949年、パリでフランス料理の虜となったアメリカ女性ジュリア。彼女は名門ル・コルドン・ブルーで学ぶと、家庭で誰でも作れる524のレシピを本にまとめて出版する。本はベストセラーとなり、彼女はテレビの料理番組に出演するなど一躍人気者となった。それから50年後のニューヨーク。小説家になる夢に破れた29歳のOLジュリーは、人生を変えるためにある無謀な計画を立てる。それは、365日かけてジュリアが書いた524のレシピに挑戦し、その過程を毎日ブログに綴ることだった……。