Le goût des autres (2000)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Agnès Jaoui

Writers:

Jean-Pierre Bacri (writer)
Agnès Jaoui (writer)

Release Date:

1 March 2000 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

The Sexy Comedy About Good Taste... And Bad Manners!

Plot:

Three men, three women, opposites, possibilities, and tastes. Castella owns a industrial steel barrel...

Plot Keywords:

Actress | Bodyguard | Male Female Relationship | Cafe | English Lesson

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 13 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Anne Alvaro	...	Clara Devaux
Jean-Pierre Bacri	...	Jean-Jacques Castella
Alain Chabat	...	Bruno Deschamps
Agnès Jaoui	...	Manie
Gérard Lanvin	...	Franck Moreno
Christiane Millet	...	Angélique
Wladimir Yordanoff	...	Antoine
Anne Le Ny	...	Valérie, l'habilleuse
Brigitte Catillon	...	Béatrice
Xavier De Guillebon	...	Weber
Raphaël Dufour	...	Benoît
Bob Zaremba	...	Fred
Sam Karmann	...	Le metteur en scène
Marie Agnès Brigot	...	La secrétaire de Castella
Robert Bacri	...	Le père de Castella

Also Known As:

The Taste of Others (Canada: English title) (USA)
It Takes All Kinds (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and drug content.

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Canada:14+ (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIA | Italy:T | Netherlands:AL | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

In the final scene of the movie Bruno (Alain Chabat) plays the theme of Edith Piaf's "Je ne regrette rien"

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2001-03-03)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Spring is Coming

Charm AND Substance

Why can't American directors make movies like this? It's quiet, calm, small, understated, beautifully paced (read: slow and leisurely) and thought-provoking. The premise of the movie is not whether opposites attract (which would be nothing new) but whether our preconceptions often keep us closed down to new people and new experiences. With some gentle nudges, the characters in this lovely movie take deep breaths, look again at people and situations, and see what had been missed before. And yes, it does make us think about how art enriches us and helps us abandon the old preconceptions. Jean-Pierre Bacri is, as usual, splendid, making himself mildly repulsive and appealing, almost simultaneously (though he ends up definitely on the appealing side of the line.) How does he do it? And it's a treat to know that the actress playing the younger woman, Manie, is both the film's director and screenwriter. If you want to know what I mean about pacing, just watch the main character, Clara, as she comes out of cafe after having been stood up for an English lesson. An American director would have cut the scene as she leaves the cafe and bustles across the street in the rain, annoyed and wound up tight as a drum. But in this movie, the camera follows Clara as she walks in the rain down a long street - the shot just lasts forever, and you can see all of Clara's irritation dissipating and turning into loneliness. It's a beautiful shot.