Overview:
Set in 1889 France, Dodin Bouffant is a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.| Original Title: | La Passion de Dodin Bouffant |
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| Status: | Released (2023-11-08) |
| Awards: | 8 wins & 29 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $2,654,510 |
| Screen: | Anh Hung Tran, Marcel Rouff |
| Productions: | Curiosa Films, France 2 Cinéma, uMedia, Gaumont |
| Production Countries: | Belgium, France |
| Spoken Languages: | Français |
Casts
- 5442: Benoît Magimel - Dodin Bouffant
- 1137: Juliette Binoche - Eugénie
- 1174338: Patrick d'Assumçao - Grimaud
- 38882: Emmanuel Salinger - Rabaz
- 76294: Jan Hammenecker - Magot
- 50021: Frédéric Fisbach - Beaubois
- 1350986: Galatea Bellugi - Violette
Crews
- 2287447: Emilien Bignon - Associate Producer - Production
- 3514674: Marcel Rouff - Novel - Writing
- 4400: Christine de Jekel - Executive Producer - Production
- 1663930: Toma Baquéni - Production Design - Art
- 107730: Trần Anh Hùng - Screenplay - Writing
- 1084080: Mario Battistel - Editor - Editing
- 1015894: Gigi Akoka - Casting Director - Production
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
Review text:
"Dodin" (Benoît Magimel) and "Eugénie" (Juliette Binoche) have a synergy in the kitchen that creates mouthwatering and innovative culinary treats for their friends. She does the cooking, he more the design; she shuns the limelight, he is more gregarious - but it's a professional rela ....
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“The Taste of Things” is a romantic drama that’s also a historically accurate period film about food. Set in 1885, this is a slow moving love letter to the art and style of French cuisine, and director Anh Hung Tran takes great pleasure in his celebration and joy of all things gastro ....
Continue reading ->badelf
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There's a club of truly great food films, the ones that understand cuisine as metaphor, as love language, as cultural memory: Eat Drink Man Woman, Ratatouille, Tampopo, Big Night, Like Water for Chocolate, and Fried Green Tomatoes, just to name some tenured films. La Passion de Dodin ....
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