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- Good evening.

I�m Helen Mirren,

and you�re watching "Documentary Nowl",

season 51.

George Bernard Shaw famously said,

"There is no sincerer love

than the love of food."

Ala small restaurant in the hills of Colombia,

that love is in full bloom

as captured in the ?lm,

"Juan Likes Rice & Chicken."

[birds chirping]

[water dripping]

- [speaking Spanish]

[classical music]

[calm music]

$5

- Look, you know, I've-- I�ve been to Noma,

and I've been to elBulIi,

and I�ve been to all of Robuchon�s places,

but there�s no restaurant like this anywhere in the world.

- I write guidebooks about South American restaurants.

And, uh, every year I travel the continent

looking for something new,

yet I always ?nd myself back

at Juan's Rice 8. Chicken.

It�s shocking how simple it all is.

There is a consistent, simple, set menu.

To start, a cup of warm coffee,

followed by a banana split perfectly in half.

Then rice with a little bit of butter,

and on most days, chicken.

Most impressively,

it�s the only three-star Michelin restaurant I know of

that�s a 40-minute walk from the nearest road.

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[dogs barking]

- We�ve been so excited

ever since we read about Juan on Chompzilla.

- See, we love the way good food tastes.

But what we really love is authenticity of style

and honesty of preparation,

so this is a really big deal for us.

We should have brought water.

- Well, that wasn�t on the reviews.

- Yeah, I know. - I�m gonna comment on that.

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- [speaking Spanish]

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- Juan has the eyes of a man

who knows exactly what he is doing.

And Arturo has the eyes ofa man

who is thinking,

"Am I doing this right?"

Something I always hear is,

"What�s going to happen when Juan retires?"

Now, historically speaking, when a great chef retires,

the restaurant closes.

You know, l-- I don't know if Arturo

could--could take over for Juan.

- Juan's Rice 8. Chicken, you--

you couldn't believe that something so simple

could taste so deceivingly complex and delicious.

I mean, how the hell do you take four ingredients

and translate that into three Michelin stars?

I mean, its superior technique.

- Gracias.

- Senor, gracias.

- Uh, the chicken?

No~nope7 - No?

- No. - Pollo. It�s polio.

Oh, okay.

- Okay.

- Gracias. - Thank you.

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- We�re talking about a man who is 80 years old

and yet every day goes to the farm

and picks out the chicken he wants.

And then he has the farmer take the chicken

and set it in a pen,

at which point, Juan gives himself

exactly ?ve minutes to catch the chicken.

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If he catches the chicken,

there is chicken on the menu.

But if he doesn�t catch the chicken,

he believes that fate has spoken

and wants the chicken to live.

This is the biggest fear about Arturo--

that he will change this process,

because Arturo...

is afraid of chickens.

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Lam,

- [speaking Spanish]

Whoo-hoo!

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- [speaking Spanish]

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- All chefs work hard, okay?

But Juan has sacri?ced his entire life for his craft.

I mean, do you know this?

He hasn't missed a day of work in 35 years.

He's had three heart attacks, and each time,

he toughed it out and didn�t go to the hospital

until the last customer left.

And the next morning,

he checked himself out of the hospital.

Five years ago, Juan�s wife left him for their neighbor.

Two years later, he ran into her in the street

and he said, "Where have you been?"

He hadn't even noticed.

So forJuan, it is impossible to accept anything less

than a life�s commitment.

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- Oh, okay.

- [imitating dentist drill]

- [groaning]

[harsh clapping]

[man speaking indistinctly on TV]

[birds chirping]

[siren wailing]

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[coug hs]

4%

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[chickens clucking]

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- You know, they call a man who is afraid

a chicken.

So what do you call a man

who is afraid of a chicken?

I mean, can you even call him a man at all?

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