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:

Love | English | Steel Barrel | Actress | Dog

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 14 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)
I andras ögon (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
De andres smag (Denmark) [da]
El gusto de los otros (Argentina) [es]
Gusta i gusciki (Poland) [pl]
Il gusto degli altri (Italy) [it]
Kukin makunsa mukaan (Finland) [fi]
Lust auf anderes (Germany) [de]
O Gosto dos Outros (Portugal) [pt]
Para todos los gustos (Spain) [es]
Peri orexeos... (Greece) [el]
Teiste maitse (Estonia) [et]

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:

Caro nome

Don't change who you are to be accepted

This delicious film tells us, that sometimes we judge people for what we expect them to be but we don't give ourselves a chance to get to know who they really are. I thought this was a very simple and deep film at the same time, because through a very simple story it deals with the complicated human nature: our insecurities, our lack of acceptance of ourselves, trying to adjust to the way other people want us to be.

Castella is an uncultured but rich business man attracted to his bohemian english teacher,Clara. She's an actress in her 40's looking for a fit companion. She doesn't even consider him and rejects him in his many efforts to win her love. He tries to fit in her circle but is made fun of because of his lack of arts knowledge. At the same time he deals with a very self-centered and shallow wife. So his life seems very empty, while his driver and bodyguard deal with love issues of their own.

I give it a 9/10.