Hardly any other country attracts us as much as France - but how well do we actually know our most important neighbor? Nadia Pantel takes a completely new look at the country's life, culture and society - based on the most popular French export, its food. She takes us to familiar and unfamiliar places and shows with wonderful charm and humor how closely food is linked to politics, society and history in France. Pantel takes us to a shack in Brittany, where a dozen oysters stand for luxury that everyone can afford; She reflects on motherhood and child-rearing over pain au chocolat, on colonialism over a “bœuf mafé” in a Michelin-starred restaurant, on the social decline diagnoses of Camembert label collectors in Normandy or on the ongoing unrest in the country at the yellow vests' sausage grill, but also discusses the delicate excesses of political cuisine with “steak frites nationalism”. An original, sensual portrait - and at the same time a delightful invitation to discover France with different eyes.

An event organized by Literatur LIVE in cooperation with Rowohlt Berlin Verlag and Cinema Paris. Presented by the Berliner Zeitung am Wochenende.