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The Taste of Things

V.O.: La Passion de Dodin Bouffant
Fr. 2023. Sentimental drama by Tran Anh Hung with Benoît Magimel, Juliette Binoche, Bonnie Chagneau-Ravoire. In the late 19th century, the intimate and professional relationship between a cook and her boss, a world-renowned gastronome.
Runtime: 134 min.
U.S. 2022. Satire by Mark Mylod with Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Hoult. A couple goes to a fancy restaurant on a Pacific island, where a famous chef has prepared a sumptuous menu, complete with all kinds of surprises.
Runtime: 106 min.
14A
G.-B. 2017. Dramatic comedy by Michael Winterbottom with Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rebecca Johnson. Comedian and screenwriter Steve Coogan takes a gastronomic trip to the land of Don Quixote with his old friend, comedian and impressionist Rob Brydon.
Runtime: 115 min.
Jap. 2011. Documentary by David Gelb. At eighty-five, Japan's greatest sushi master runs a modest restaurant in the basement of a Tokyo skyscraper with an iron hand.
Runtime: 83 min.
U.S. 2009. Biography by Nora Ephron with Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci. A demoralized New Yorker challenges herself to make the 524 recipes in her idol Julia Child's best-selling book in 365 days.
Runtime: 122 min.
General
All. 2009. Comedy by Fatih Akin with Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birol Ünel. The young owner of a low-end restaurant in Hamburg is simultaneously subjected to several trials in his professional and love lives.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 2007. Animation by Brad Bird. Through a shy apprentice cook, a rat achieves his dream of being a great cook in a Parisian restaurant.
Runtime: 110 min.
General
U.S. 2007. Sentimental comedy by Scott Hicks with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin. After the death of her sister, a well-known chef with a difficult temperament takes in her young niece, whom she manages to coax into the kitchen thanks to the tricks of her assistant cook.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1991. Comedy by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro with Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Marie-Laure Douniac. In a ravaged suburb, a young janitor befriends the daughter of the disturbing butcher who owns the building.
Runtime: 99 min.

Babette's Feast

V.O.: Babettes gæstebud
Dan. 1987. Dramatic comedy by Gabriel Axel with Stéphane Audran, Brigitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer. In a Danish village, a French maid spends the money she won in a lottery to prepare a feast for her bosses.
Runtime: 102 min.
Jap. 1986. Satire by Juzo Itami with Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Koji Yakusho. After defending a restaurant owner against gangsters, a truck driver sets out to make her the best noodle cook in Japan.
Runtime: 114 min.
Bel. 1975. Drama by Chantal Akerman with Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck. Three days in the very regulated life of a Brussels widow, who prostitutes herself in the afternoons in the small apartment she shares with her teenage son.
Runtime: 201 min.

The Restaurant

V.O.: Le Grand Restaurant
Fr. 1966. Police comedy by Jacques Besnard with Louis de Funès, Bernard Blier, Rosa Maria Rodriguez. The owner of a restaurant is drawn into a police adventure following the disappearance of a customer.
Runtime: 95 min.
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