The Taste of Others

2000 1h 52m FR

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6.9

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98%

CERTIFIED FRESH

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METACRITIC

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7.2

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★6.9TMDB · 383🍅98%Rotten Tomatoes●78Metacritic★7.2IMDB · 10,849

DramaComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella reluctantly attends Racine's tragedy "Berenice" in order to see his niece play a bit part. He is taken with the play's strangely familiar-looking leading lady Clara Devaux. During the course of the show, Castella soon remembers that he once hired and then promptly fired the actress as an English language tutor. He immediately goes out and signs up for language lessons. Thinking that he is nothing but an ill-tempered philistine with bad taste, Clara rejects him until Castella charms her off her feet.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Agnès Jaoui
Manie
Jean-Pierre Bacri
Jean-Charles Castella
Anne Alvaro
Clara Devaux
Alain Chabat
Bruno Deschamps
Gérard Lanvin
Franck Moreno
Christiane Millet
Angélique
Wladimir Yordanoff
Antoine
Brigitte Catillon
Béatrice Castella

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Agnès Jaoui
Writers: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui
Languages: French
Countries: France

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ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Agnès Jaoui, shot by Laurent Dailland. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jean-Charles Jarrel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Hervé de Luze shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri and Anne Alvaro carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0216787 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Agnès Jaoui directs. Laurent Dailland behind the camera. Jean-Charles Jarrel scores. Hervé de Luze cuts. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

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126 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Agnès Jaoui, shot by Laurent Dailland. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Jean-Charles Jarrel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Hervé de Luze shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri and Anne Alvaro carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0216787 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 11 themes, including "infidelity", "cheating", "staging", "lover".