After
a 7 years gap, Vietnamese-French writer-director Tran Anh Hung
returns with The Taste of
Things, a historical
romance drama, based on Marcel Rouff's 1924 novel, The
Life and Passion of Dodin-Bouffant. The film is France's official
submission for the Best International Feature Film category of the
96th Academy Awards in 2024. In addition, Hung is Cannes Film
Festival's 2023 Best Director recipient.
Set
in 1885's Anjou château,
Eugénie (Juliette Binoche), has been a live-in head chef for 20
years for the renown gastronomic chef Dodin Bouffant (Benoît
Magimel). Their shared passion for gourmet food developed into a harmonious, non-verbal expression of their love. Luminous
performances by Binoche and Magimel, two of today's biggest French
cinema actors, in addition to Jonathan Ricquebourg’s exquisite
cinematography highlight the simple pleasures of life.
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