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69% Critic Match
The Taste of Others
6.9 / 10• 2000• 1h 52m•NR• French
DramaComedyRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Agnès Jaoui
Manie
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Agnès Jaoui's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Taste of Others is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
