The Hundred-Foot Journey

"Life's greatest journey begins with the first step."

2014 2h 2m EN

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★7.3TMDB · 1,589

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A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.

“Life's greatest journey begins with the first step.”

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Cast

Helen Mirren
Madam Mallory
Manish Dayal
Hassan
Om Puri
Papa
Charlotte Le Bon
Marguerite
Rohan Chand
Young Hassan
Juhi Chawla Mehta
Mama
Farzana Dua Elahe
Mahira
Dillon Mitra
Mukthar Kadam

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lasse Hallström
Writers: Steven Knight
Languages: Hindi, English, French
Countries: India, United States of America, United Arab Emirates

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.1× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Hindi, English, French.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: India, United States of America, United Arab Emirates.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lasse Hallström, shot by Linus Sandgren. 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 A.R. Rahman. 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 Andrew Mondshein shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Helen Mirren and Manish Dayal and Om Puri carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Lasse Hallström directs. Linus Sandgren behind the camera. A.R. Rahman scores. Andrew Mondshein cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in India, United States of America, United Arab Emirates. Dialogue in Hindi, English, French.

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1Made its money back 4.1× over at the box office.
2Released 12 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Hindi, English, French.
4International production across 3 countries: India, United States of America, United Arab Emirates.
5Directed by Lasse Hallström, shot by Linus Sandgren. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by A.R. Rahman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Andrew Mondshein shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Helen Mirren and Manish Dayal and Om Puri carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Life's greatest journey begins with the first step.".
10IMDB entry: tt2980648 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 8 themes, including "france", "based on novel or book", "restaurant", "family".

The technical file

Cinematography: Linus Sandgren
Original score: A.R. Rahman
Editing: Andrew Mondshein
Production design: David Gropman
Costume design: Pierre-Yves Gayraud
Makeup / hair: Hue Lan Van Duc
VFX supervisor: Brendan Taylor
Sound: Dave Paterson
Stunt coordinator: Dominique Fouassier
Runtime: 122 min · 2h 2m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $22,000,000
Box office: $89,500,000
Return: 407% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

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CinemaSerf2024-02-10
★ 7/10
Om Puri and his family are forced from their home in India by violence and briefly come to London before moving to a rural French community where he discovers a derelict old building situated opposite a Michelin-starred restaurant. Their first visit to the ruin is not auspicious. Their new neighbour "Mme. Mallory" (Dame Helen Mirren) is profoundly disapproving of what she clearly thinks will lower the tone, but he couldn't care less, buys the place and after a refurbishment is ready for opening night. Meantime, his talented and rather dashing son "Hassan" (Manish Dayal) plays a much more diplomatic game and befriends her employee "Marguerite" (Charlotte Le Bon). She lends him a few books on French cuisine and he starts to experiment. The remainder of the story is entirely predictable, but the writers have invested some time in building some likeable characters whilst incorporating some bloody-mindedness, gentle stereotyping and some sentimentality as we see it's not just the cuisines that can fuse effectively. Dame Helen looks like she's having some fun here and has a genuinely engaging rapport with an on-form Puri - their battle of the curmudgeons is quite entertaining and I did pity the poor old mayor (Michel Blanc), even if he did seem to get a great deal of delicious free food. Dayal also brings a bit of charm to his role and the whole film has exactly the same feel-good factor to it as you'd feel after a fine meal with a decent claret.

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