1 00:00:26,154 --> 00:00:27,615 - Good evening. 2 00:00:27,907 --> 00:00:29,159 I'm Helen Mirren, 3 00:00:29,451 --> 00:00:31,622 and you're watching "Documentary Now!", 4 00:00:31,914 --> 00:00:33,541 season 51. 5 00:00:33,833 --> 00:00:35,461 George Bernard Shaw famously said, 6 00:00:35,753 --> 00:00:37,673 "There is no sincerer love 7 00:00:37,965 --> 00:00:40,177 than the love of food." 8 00:00:40,469 --> 00:00:43,098 At a small restaurant in the hills of Colombia, 9 00:00:43,390 --> 00:00:45,520 that love is in full bloom 10 00:00:45,811 --> 00:00:47,272 as captured in the film, 11 00:00:47,564 --> 00:00:50,027 "Juan Likes Rice & Chicken." 12 00:02:37,329 --> 00:02:38,706 - Look, you know, I've... I've been to Noma, 13 00:02:38,998 --> 00:02:40,334 and I've been to elBulli, 14 00:02:40,626 --> 00:02:42,212 and I've been to all of Robuchon's places, 15 00:02:42,504 --> 00:02:45,718 but there's no restaurant like this anywhere in the world. 16 00:02:46,009 --> 00:02:48,597 - I write guidebooks about South American restaurants. 17 00:02:48,889 --> 00:02:50,559 And, uh, every year I travel the continent 18 00:02:50,851 --> 00:02:52,353 looking for something new, 19 00:02:52,646 --> 00:02:55,024 yet I always find myself back 20 00:02:55,316 --> 00:02:57,821 at Juan's Rice & Chicken. 21 00:02:58,113 --> 00:03:00,074 It's shocking how simple it all is. 22 00:03:00,367 --> 00:03:02,620 There is a consistent, simple, set menu. 23 00:03:02,912 --> 00:03:05,459 To start, a cup of warm coffee, 24 00:03:05,751 --> 00:03:09,131 followed by a banana split perfectly in half. 25 00:03:09,423 --> 00:03:12,052 Then rice with a little bit of butter, 26 00:03:12,344 --> 00:03:15,768 and on most days, chicken. 27 00:03:16,059 --> 00:03:17,771 Most impressively, 28 00:03:18,062 --> 00:03:20,567 it's the only three-star Michelin restaurant I know of 29 00:03:20,859 --> 00:03:23,655 that's a 40-minute walk from the nearest road. 30 00:03:34,423 --> 00:03:36,009 - We've been so excited 31 00:03:36,301 --> 00:03:38,387 ever since we read about Juan on Chompzilla. 32 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,350 - See, we love the way good food tastes. 33 00:03:40,642 --> 00:03:43,313 But what we really love is authenticity of style 34 00:03:43,605 --> 00:03:44,857 and honesty of preparation, 35 00:03:45,149 --> 00:03:47,862 so this is a really big deal for us. 36 00:03:48,154 --> 00:03:49,698 We should have brought water. 37 00:03:49,990 --> 00:03:51,535 - Well, that wasn't on the reviews. 38 00:03:51,827 --> 00:03:53,913 - Yeah, I know. - I'm gonna comment on that. 39 00:05:11,625 --> 00:05:13,044 - Juan has the eyes of a man 40 00:05:13,336 --> 00:05:15,924 who knows exactly what he is doing. 41 00:05:16,216 --> 00:05:17,677 And Arturo has the eyes of a man 42 00:05:17,969 --> 00:05:19,179 who is thinking, 43 00:05:19,471 --> 00:05:21,809 "Am I doing this right?" 44 00:05:22,101 --> 00:05:23,311 Something I always hear is, 45 00:05:23,603 --> 00:05:25,398 "What's going to happen when Juan retires?" 46 00:05:25,690 --> 00:05:28,778 Now, historically speaking, when a great chef retires, 47 00:05:29,070 --> 00:05:30,280 the restaurant closes. 48 00:05:30,572 --> 00:05:31,908 You know, I... I don't know if Arturo 49 00:05:32,201 --> 00:05:33,703 could... could take over for Juan. 50 00:05:38,670 --> 00:05:40,172 - Juan's Rice & Chicken, you... 51 00:05:40,464 --> 00:05:41,842 you couldn't believe that something so simple 52 00:05:42,134 --> 00:05:43,678 could taste so deceivingly complex and delicious. 53 00:05:43,970 --> 00:05:45,556 I mean, how the hell do you take four ingredients 54 00:05:45,848 --> 00:05:47,727 and translate that into three Michelin stars? 55 00:05:48,019 --> 00:05:51,357 I mean, it's superior technique. 56 00:05:52,234 --> 00:05:53,652 - Gracias. 57 00:05:53,945 --> 00:05:55,364 - Senor, gracias. 58 00:05:57,034 --> 00:05:58,494 - Uh, the chicken? 59 00:05:58,786 --> 00:06:00,998 No... nope? - No? 60 00:06:01,290 --> 00:06:02,918 - No. - Pollo. It's pollo. 61 00:06:03,210 --> 00:06:05,047 Oh, okay. 62 00:06:05,338 --> 00:06:06,257 - Okay. 63 00:06:06,549 --> 00:06:10,388 - Gracias. - Thank you. 64 00:07:41,164 --> 00:07:43,918 - We're talking about a man who is 80 years old 65 00:07:44,211 --> 00:07:46,088 and yet every day goes to the farm 66 00:07:46,380 --> 00:07:48,175 and picks out the chicken he wants. 67 00:07:48,467 --> 00:07:50,053 And then he has the farmer take the chicken 68 00:07:50,346 --> 00:07:51,639 and set it in a pen, 69 00:07:51,932 --> 00:07:53,643 at which point, Juan gives himself 70 00:07:53,935 --> 00:07:56,606 exactly five minutes to catch the chicken. 71 00:08:10,712 --> 00:08:12,173 If he catches the chicken, 72 00:08:12,465 --> 00:08:13,759 there is chicken on the menu. 73 00:08:14,051 --> 00:08:15,387 But if he doesn't catch the chicken, 74 00:08:15,679 --> 00:08:17,139 he believes that fate has spoken 75 00:08:17,431 --> 00:08:19,184 and wants the chicken to live. 76 00:08:21,063 --> 00:08:23,316 This is the biggest fear about Arturo... 77 00:08:23,608 --> 00:08:25,444 that he will change this process, 78 00:08:25,737 --> 00:08:27,991 because Arturo... 79 00:08:28,283 --> 00:08:30,245 is afraid of chickens. 80 00:10:13,832 --> 00:10:15,626 Whoo-hoo! 81 00:12:27,719 --> 00:12:30,182 - All chefs work hard, okay? 82 00:12:30,474 --> 00:12:33,938 But Juan has sacrificed his entire life for his craft. 83 00:12:34,231 --> 00:12:35,482 I mean, do you know this? 84 00:12:35,775 --> 00:12:37,611 He hasn't missed a day of work in 35 years. 85 00:12:37,903 --> 00:12:39,406 He's had three heart attacks, and each time, 86 00:12:39,698 --> 00:12:41,701 he toughed it out and didn't go to the hospital 87 00:12:41,993 --> 00:12:43,496 until the last customer left. 88 00:12:43,788 --> 00:12:44,789 And the next morning, 89 00:12:45,082 --> 00:12:47,127 he checked himself out of the hospital. 90 00:12:47,419 --> 00:12:50,006 Five years ago, Juan's wife left him for their neighbor. 91 00:12:50,298 --> 00:12:51,968 Two years later, he ran into her in the street 92 00:12:52,260 --> 00:12:53,345 and he said, "Where have you been?" 93 00:12:53,637 --> 00:12:55,473 He hadn't even noticed. 94 00:12:55,766 --> 00:12:58,353 So for Juan, it is impossible to accept anything less 95 00:12:58,645 --> 00:13:00,064 than a life's commitment. 96 00:14:23,744 --> 00:14:24,913 - Oh, okay. 97 00:17:52,339 --> 00:17:54,592 - You know, they call a man who is afraid 98 00:17:54,884 --> 00:17:55,928 a chicken. 99 00:17:56,220 --> 00:17:57,096 So what do you call a man 100 00:17:57,388 --> 00:17:58,599 who is afraid of a chicken? 101 00:17:58,891 --> 00:18:01,312 I mean, can you even call him a man at all?