The Taste of Others (2000) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Le goût des autres
Year
2000
Running time
112 min.
Country
France
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
Producer
Genre
Comedy. Romance. Drama | Ensemble Film. Comedy-Drama. Romantic Comedy
Synopsis
Three men, three women, opposites, possibilities, and tastes. Castella owns a industrial steel barrel plant in Rouen; Bruno is his flute-playing driver, Franck is his temporary bodyguard while he negotiates a contract with Iranians, his wife Angélique does frou-frou interior decorating and loves her dog. The conventional Castella hires a forty-year-old actress, Clara, to tutor him in English, and he finds her and her Bohemian lifestyle fascinating. Is this love? What would she say if he declared himself? Through Bruno, Franck meets Manie, a barmaid who deals hash. They begin an affair. Are they in love? They joke about marriage. As the women hold back, the men must make decisions.
Awards
2000: Nominated for Oscar: Best Foreign Language Film
2000: 4 Cesar Awards, including Best Movie Of the Year, Supporting Actor. 9 Nominations
2000: European Film Awards: Best Screenplay Of the Year
2000: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Film
2000: Montréal World Film Festival: Best Film (ex aequo)
2001: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Nom. Best Int. Ind. Film - Foreign Lang.
Critics' reviews
- "A pleasant time-passer."
- "The more we see of these people, the more we understand their foibles and the more they amuse and captivate us.
- "Rich with vivid characters and revelations about the illogical yet human ways in which we crash and intersect."
- "Succeeds with believable characters and situations born of lives well studied."
- "The movie's unique appeal lies less in the style than the substance -- particularly, in the emerging hero at the centre of the tale."
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Ranking Lists Position
- 81 My Top 10 Movies from 2000 (22)
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