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  • 2023
  • PG-13
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  • PG-13
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Summary 1885. Peerless cook Eugenie (Juliette Binoche) has worked for the famous gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel) for the last 20 years. As time went by, the practice of gastronomy and mutual admiration turned into a romantic relationship. Their association gives rise to dishes, one more delicious than the next, that confound even the world’s most...

Directed By: Anh Hung Tran

Written By: Marcel Rouff, Anh Hung Tran

In Theaters Now
  • 2023
  • PG-13
  • 2 h 15 m
  • 2023
  • PG-13
  • 2 h 15 m
The Taste of Things
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Summary 1885. Peerless cook Eugenie (Juliette Binoche) has worked for the famous gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel) for the last 20 years. As time went by, the practice of gastronomy and mutual admiration turned into a romantic relationship. Their association gives rise to dishes, one more delicious than the next, that confound even the world’s most...

Directed By: Anh Hung Tran

Written By: Marcel Rouff, Anh Hung Tran

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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93% Positive
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7% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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93% Positive
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7% Mixed
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100
Dec 15, 2023
The Taste of Things is at once a delight for all five senses and an affecting drama of a relationship, as idiosyncratic as all loving ones are. Lingering on the tongue like a sip of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the film leaves one feeling a little drunk, desperately hungry and entirely alive.
By Zachary Barnes FULL REVIEW
100
May 25, 2023
Food is a gift of love here – and romance courses through this delightful film.
By Phil de Semlyen FULL REVIEW
90
May 25, 2023
Food is the subject, the objective and the driving motor of this scantly plotted but utterly captivating love story.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
83
May 25, 2023
Tran Anh Hung’s core skill is that of a top saucier, he knows how to add a glut of ingredients and reduce them to a rich flavor that moves the palate in ways that defy what seems like a simple dish.
By Sophie Monks Kaufman FULL REVIEW
80
May 25, 2023
Tràn Anh Hùng’s The Pot-au-Feu (La Passion du Dodin-Bouffant) is a movie that captures its mouthwatering dishes like edible tableaux, combining culinary marvels with a moving tale of middle-age love.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 4, 2023
The film views the love of food and romance as all one singular desire for everything beautiful and fleeting in life.
By Chris Barsanti FULL REVIEW
60
May 25, 2023
There is charm and delicacy here and Magimel and Binoche perform impeccably, though I wasn’t entirely sure they go together as the ingredients of a love story.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Curiosa Films, Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma, Umedia, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, uFund, Région des Pays-de-la-Loire, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Investisseurs Tax Shelter
Release Date Dec 13, 2023
Duration 2 h 15 m
Rating PG-13
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Awards

Astra Film Awards
• 3 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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