The Taste of Others
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The Taste of Others is a 2000 French film. It was directed by Agnès Jaoui
, and written by her and Jean-Pierre Bacri
. It stars Jean-Pierre Bacri, Anne Alvaro
, Alain Chabat
, Agnès Jaoui, Gérard Lanvin
and Christiane Millet.
The movie won the César Award for Best Film
, Best Supporting Actor
, Best Supporting Actress
and Best Writing
in 2001, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
. It currently ranks fourteenth on Rotten Tomatoes
as best reviewed movie, with 100% positive reviews.
, accompanied by his driver, Bruno (Chabat), and his temporary bodyguard, Franck (Lanvin). While there, he sees Clara, who is an actress. Meanwhile, Franck sends Bruno to the bar to buy cigarettes. The barmaid, Manie (Jaoui), remembers having had sex with Bruno, but Bruno regrets that he does not remember her.
After the performance, Clara goes to the bar with her friends, including Antoine and Valerie, and their conversation reveals that she is afraid of never working again; after all, she is forty years old. Bruno, whose fiance is doing an internship in the United States, spends the night with Manie, who it turns out sells drugs on the side, and is frequently visited by clients. Franck meets Manie through Bruno and they start a relationship.
Previously uninterested in theatre, reluctant about going to theatre rather than for a dinner in a restaurant, Castella actually attends with his wife and develops a fascination with Clara's bohemian lifestyle. He alone attends another production she appears in. He joins her and her friends for lunch and attends an art show where he buys a piece. However, his cultural ignorance and general roughness makes him a laughingstock. Clara confides to her friend Manie that he is thick.
Castella's English is poor at first, but he soon makes some progress. He and Clara move the classes from his office to an English tea room, and to mark his progress, he writes a poem dedicated to Clara; however, he is dismayed when she says that she does not share the feelings expressed in the poem. One day she waits at the tea room and he doesn't show up. Bruno practices his flute, which he plays in a band. Later Bruno gently complains to Manie that he does not have any more news from his girlfriend who has gone to the US for an internship, as Manie has now developed an intense love affair with Franck, to the point that they speak of marriage, but Frank reveals himself to be more and more angry regarding Manie's drug dealing, fact she however assumes before him to the point of a clash.
Castella and Angelique are drifting apart, as indicated by how she doesn't like the painting he bought from Clara's artist friend and him not supporting anymore to live in such a doll house. Clara starts to feel that her friends are taking advantage of Castella and tells him. Castella leaves Angelique. Franck's contract finishes, and he decides at the late moment not to engage in any long or short-term relationship with Manie, not ringing at her door and leaving off in his car. Clara lands the lead part in Hedda Gabler
and invites Castella to the opening. After seeing an empty chair all night, Clara is overjoyed to see him later in the audience.
in 2004 Agnès Jaoui said ; "I detest mono-cultures. The problem of identity is something very complicated with me. I am profoundly secular, but if I were attacked for being Jewish, I would scream. And I want the right to say I violently condemn the politics of Ariel Sharon
, even if it's complex. It's the same thing for Jean-Pierre as it is for me, it is the individual who counts. It's the social dimension of characters that interests us, not their roots or their heredity. I detest the notion of the inward looking group. It's this we tried to say in The Taste of Others. Whether it is a religious clan or a group of snobs, it's the same in our eyes. It's the same dogma, the same fundamentalism."
, and written by her and Jean-Pierre Bacri
. It stars Jean-Pierre Bacri, Anne Alvaro
, Alain Chabat
, Agnès Jaoui, Gérard Lanvin
and Christiane Millet.
The movie won the César Award for Best Film
, Best Supporting Actor
, Best Supporting Actress
and Best Writing
in 2001, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
. It currently ranks fourteenth on Rotten Tomatoes
as best reviewed movie, with 100% positive reviews.
, accompanied by his driver, Bruno (Chabat), and his temporary bodyguard, Franck (Lanvin). While there, he sees Clara, who is an actress. Meanwhile, Franck sends Bruno to the bar to buy cigarettes. The barmaid, Manie (Jaoui), remembers having had sex with Bruno, but Bruno regrets that he does not remember her.
After the performance, Clara goes to the bar with her friends, including Antoine and Valerie, and their conversation reveals that she is afraid of never working again; after all, she is forty years old. Bruno, whose fiance is doing an internship in the United States, spends the night with Manie, who it turns out sells drugs on the side, and is frequently visited by clients. Franck meets Manie through Bruno and they start a relationship.
Previously uninterested in theatre, reluctant about going to theatre rather than for a dinner in a restaurant, Castella actually attends with his wife and develops a fascination with Clara's bohemian lifestyle. He alone attends another production she appears in. He joins her and her friends for lunch and attends an art show where he buys a piece. However, his cultural ignorance and general roughness makes him a laughingstock. Clara confides to her friend Manie that he is thick.
Castella's English is poor at first, but he soon makes some progress. He and Clara move the classes from his office to an English tea room, and to mark his progress, he writes a poem dedicated to Clara; however, he is dismayed when she says that she does not share the feelings expressed in the poem. One day she waits at the tea room and he doesn't show up. Bruno practices his flute, which he plays in a band. Later Bruno gently complains to Manie that he does not have any more news from his girlfriend who has gone to the US for an internship, as Manie has now developed an intense love affair with Franck, to the point that they speak of marriage, but Frank reveals himself to be more and more angry regarding Manie's drug dealing, fact she however assumes before him to the point of a clash.
Castella and Angelique are drifting apart, as indicated by how she doesn't like the painting he bought from Clara's artist friend and him not supporting anymore to live in such a doll house. Clara starts to feel that her friends are taking advantage of Castella and tells him. Castella leaves Angelique. Franck's contract finishes, and he decides at the late moment not to engage in any long or short-term relationship with Manie, not ringing at her door and leaving off in his car. Clara lands the lead part in Hedda Gabler
and invites Castella to the opening. After seeing an empty chair all night, Clara is overjoyed to see him later in the audience.
in 2004 Agnès Jaoui said ; "I detest mono-cultures. The problem of identity is something very complicated with me. I am profoundly secular, but if I were attacked for being Jewish, I would scream. And I want the right to say I violently condemn the politics of Ariel Sharon
, even if it's complex. It's the same thing for Jean-Pierre as it is for me, it is the individual who counts. It's the social dimension of characters that interests us, not their roots or their heredity. I detest the notion of the inward looking group. It's this we tried to say in The Taste of Others. Whether it is a religious clan or a group of snobs, it's the same in our eyes. It's the same dogma, the same fundamentalism."
, and written by her and Jean-Pierre Bacri
. It stars Jean-Pierre Bacri, Anne Alvaro
, Alain Chabat
, Agnès Jaoui, Gérard Lanvin
and Christiane Millet.
The movie won the César Award for Best Film
, Best Supporting Actor
, Best Supporting Actress
and Best Writing
in 2001, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
. It currently ranks fourteenth on Rotten Tomatoes
as best reviewed movie, with 100% positive reviews.
, accompanied by his driver, Bruno (Chabat), and his temporary bodyguard, Franck (Lanvin). While there, he sees Clara, who is an actress. Meanwhile, Franck sends Bruno to the bar to buy cigarettes. The barmaid, Manie (Jaoui), remembers having had sex with Bruno, but Bruno regrets that he does not remember her.
After the performance, Clara goes to the bar with her friends, including Antoine and Valerie, and their conversation reveals that she is afraid of never working again; after all, she is forty years old. Bruno, whose fiance is doing an internship in the United States, spends the night with Manie, who it turns out sells drugs on the side, and is frequently visited by clients. Franck meets Manie through Bruno and they start a relationship.
Previously uninterested in theatre, reluctant about going to theatre rather than for a dinner in a restaurant, Castella actually attends with his wife and develops a fascination with Clara's bohemian lifestyle. He alone attends another production she appears in. He joins her and her friends for lunch and attends an art show where he buys a piece. However, his cultural ignorance and general roughness makes him a laughingstock. Clara confides to her friend Manie that he is thick.
Castella's English is poor at first, but he soon makes some progress. He and Clara move the classes from his office to an English tea room, and to mark his progress, he writes a poem dedicated to Clara; however, he is dismayed when she says that she does not share the feelings expressed in the poem. One day she waits at the tea room and he doesn't show up. Bruno practices his flute, which he plays in a band. Later Bruno gently complains to Manie that he does not have any more news from his girlfriend who has gone to the US for an internship, as Manie has now developed an intense love affair with Franck, to the point that they speak of marriage, but Frank reveals himself to be more and more angry regarding Manie's drug dealing, fact she however assumes before him to the point of a clash.
Castella and Angelique are drifting apart, as indicated by how she doesn't like the painting he bought from Clara's artist friend and him not supporting anymore to live in such a doll house. Clara starts to feel that her friends are taking advantage of Castella and tells him. Castella leaves Angelique. Franck's contract finishes, and he decides at the late moment not to engage in any long or short-term relationship with Manie, not ringing at her door and leaving off in his car. Clara lands the lead part in Hedda Gabler
and invites Castella to the opening. After seeing an empty chair all night, Clara is overjoyed to see him later in the audience.
in 2004 Agnès Jaoui said ; "I detest mono-cultures. The problem of identity is something very complicated with me. I am profoundly secular, but if I were attacked for being Jewish, I would scream. And I want the right to say I violently condemn the politics of Ariel Sharon
, even if it's complex. It's the same thing for Jean-Pierre as it is for me, it is the individual who counts. It's the social dimension of characters that interests us, not their roots or their heredity. I detest the notion of the inward looking group. It's this we tried to say in The Taste of Others. Whether it is a religious clan or a group of snobs, it's the same in our eyes. It's the same dogma, the same fundamentalism."
Agnès Jaoui
Agnès Jaoui is a French screenwriter, film director, actress and singer of Tunisian Jewish descent. She frequently works in collaboration with her husband Jean-Pierre Bacri.-Actress:* Le Faucon...
, and written by her and Jean-Pierre Bacri
Jean-Pierre Bacri
Jean-Pierre Bacri is a French actor and screenwriter who frequently works in collaboration with Agnès Jaoui.-Life:One of his earliest film appearances was Subway...
. It stars Jean-Pierre Bacri, Anne Alvaro
Anne Alvaro
Anne Alvaro is a French actress whose work spans from the early 1970s through 2006. She is best known for her role as Eleonore in the 1983 biopic Danton. She also appeared in The Taste of Others, for which she won a César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 2001...
, Alain Chabat
Alain Chabat
Alain Chabat is a French actor and director who appeared in La Cité de la peur, French Twist, The Taste of Others and The Science of Sleep.- Life and career :Chabat was born in Oran, French Algeria. He is Jewish....
, Agnès Jaoui, Gérard Lanvin
Gérard Lanvin
Gérard Lanvin is a César Award-winning French actor. He quit his studies when he was 17 to become an actor. He took on a role in Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine in 1977 on an offer from actor Coluche. He received the Prix Jean Gabin in 1982 for his role in Une étrange affaire...
and Christiane Millet.
The movie won the César Award for Best Film
César Award for Best Film
The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
, Best Supporting Actor
César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-References:...
, Best Supporting Actress
César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actress .-Winners:Adapted from the article , from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License....
and Best Writing
César Award for Best Writing
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Writing .-1975–1979:*1975: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche: Que la fête commence...
in 2001, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
. It currently ranks fourteenth on Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
as best reviewed movie, with 100% positive reviews.
Plot
Castella (Bacri) owns a steel factory. To conduct a deal with Iranians, he is told he must learn English, so he hires Clara (Alvaro) to teach it to him. His wife, Angelique (Millet), is an interior decorator who is working on Castella's sister's apartment, and loves her dog. They go to the theatre, where their niece is performing in a production of BéréniceBérénice
Berenice is a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine. Berenice was not played often between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Today it is one of Racine's more popular plays, after Phèdre, Andromaque and Britannicus.It was first performed in 1670...
, accompanied by his driver, Bruno (Chabat), and his temporary bodyguard, Franck (Lanvin). While there, he sees Clara, who is an actress. Meanwhile, Franck sends Bruno to the bar to buy cigarettes. The barmaid, Manie (Jaoui), remembers having had sex with Bruno, but Bruno regrets that he does not remember her.
After the performance, Clara goes to the bar with her friends, including Antoine and Valerie, and their conversation reveals that she is afraid of never working again; after all, she is forty years old. Bruno, whose fiance is doing an internship in the United States, spends the night with Manie, who it turns out sells drugs on the side, and is frequently visited by clients. Franck meets Manie through Bruno and they start a relationship.
Previously uninterested in theatre, reluctant about going to theatre rather than for a dinner in a restaurant, Castella actually attends with his wife and develops a fascination with Clara's bohemian lifestyle. He alone attends another production she appears in. He joins her and her friends for lunch and attends an art show where he buys a piece. However, his cultural ignorance and general roughness makes him a laughingstock. Clara confides to her friend Manie that he is thick.
Castella's English is poor at first, but he soon makes some progress. He and Clara move the classes from his office to an English tea room, and to mark his progress, he writes a poem dedicated to Clara; however, he is dismayed when she says that she does not share the feelings expressed in the poem. One day she waits at the tea room and he doesn't show up. Bruno practices his flute, which he plays in a band. Later Bruno gently complains to Manie that he does not have any more news from his girlfriend who has gone to the US for an internship, as Manie has now developed an intense love affair with Franck, to the point that they speak of marriage, but Frank reveals himself to be more and more angry regarding Manie's drug dealing, fact she however assumes before him to the point of a clash.
Castella and Angelique are drifting apart, as indicated by how she doesn't like the painting he bought from Clara's artist friend and him not supporting anymore to live in such a doll house. Clara starts to feel that her friends are taking advantage of Castella and tells him. Castella leaves Angelique. Franck's contract finishes, and he decides at the late moment not to engage in any long or short-term relationship with Manie, not ringing at her door and leaving off in his car. Clara lands the lead part in Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, and world drama...
and invites Castella to the opening. After seeing an empty chair all night, Clara is overjoyed to see him later in the audience.
Message
Speaking to Paris MatchParis Match
Paris Match is a French weekly magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost....
in 2004 Agnès Jaoui said ; "I detest mono-cultures. The problem of identity is something very complicated with me. I am profoundly secular, but if I were attacked for being Jewish, I would scream. And I want the right to say I violently condemn the politics of Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006....
, even if it's complex. It's the same thing for Jean-Pierre as it is for me, it is the individual who counts. It's the social dimension of characters that interests us, not their roots or their heredity. I detest the notion of the inward looking group. It's this we tried to say in The Taste of Others. Whether it is a religious clan or a group of snobs, it's the same in our eyes. It's the same dogma, the same fundamentalism."
Won
- César Awards
- Best Actor – Supporting RoleCésar Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-References:...
- Best Actress – Supporting RoleCésar Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actress .-Winners:Adapted from the article , from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License....
- César Award for Best FilmCésar Award for Best FilmThe winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
- Best WritingCésar Award for Best WritingThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Writing .-1975–1979:*1975: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche: Que la fête commence...
- Best Actor – Supporting Role
- David di Donatello Awards
- Best Foreign FilmDavid di Donatello for Best Foreign Film-1950s-1960s:**Hotel Rwanda, directed by Terry George**Ray, directed by Taylor Hackford*2006 Crash, directed by Paul Haggis**A History of Violence, directed by David Cronenberg**Good Night, and Good Luck., directed by George Clooney...
- Best Foreign Film
- European Film Awards
- Best Screenwriter (Jean-Pierre Bacri and Agnès Jaoui)
- Montréal Film FestivalMontreal World Film FestivalThe Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
- Grand Prix des Amériques (Agnès Jaoui; tied with Innocence)
Nominated
- Academy AwardsAcademy AwardsAn Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
- Academy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmThe Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
- Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- César Awards
- Best Actor – Leading Role (Jean-Pierre Bacri)
- Best Actor – Supporting Role (Alain Chabat)
- Best Actress – Supporting Role (Agnès Jaoui)
- Best Director (Agnès Jaoui)
- Best Editing (Hervé de Luze)
- European Film Awards
- Best Film
- European Discovery of the Year (Agnès Jaoui)
External links
The Taste of Others , is a 2000 French film. It was directed by Agnès JaouiAgnès Jaoui
Agnès Jaoui is a French screenwriter, film director, actress and singer of Tunisian Jewish descent. She frequently works in collaboration with her husband Jean-Pierre Bacri.-Actress:* Le Faucon...
, and written by her and Jean-Pierre Bacri
Jean-Pierre Bacri
Jean-Pierre Bacri is a French actor and screenwriter who frequently works in collaboration with Agnès Jaoui.-Life:One of his earliest film appearances was Subway...
. It stars Jean-Pierre Bacri, Anne Alvaro
Anne Alvaro
Anne Alvaro is a French actress whose work spans from the early 1970s through 2006. She is best known for her role as Eleonore in the 1983 biopic Danton. She also appeared in The Taste of Others, for which she won a César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 2001...
, Alain Chabat
Alain Chabat
Alain Chabat is a French actor and director who appeared in La Cité de la peur, French Twist, The Taste of Others and The Science of Sleep.- Life and career :Chabat was born in Oran, French Algeria. He is Jewish....
, Agnès Jaoui, Gérard Lanvin
Gérard Lanvin
Gérard Lanvin is a César Award-winning French actor. He quit his studies when he was 17 to become an actor. He took on a role in Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine in 1977 on an offer from actor Coluche. He received the Prix Jean Gabin in 1982 for his role in Une étrange affaire...
and Christiane Millet.
The movie won the César Award for Best Film
César Award for Best Film
The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
, Best Supporting Actor
César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-References:...
, Best Supporting Actress
César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actress .-Winners:Adapted from the article , from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License....
and Best Writing
César Award for Best Writing
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Writing .-1975–1979:*1975: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche: Que la fête commence...
in 2001, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
. It currently ranks fourteenth on Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
as best reviewed movie, with 100% positive reviews.
Plot
Castella (Bacri) owns a steel factory. To conduct a deal with Iranians, he is told he must learn English, so he hires Clara (Alvaro) to teach it to him. His wife, Angelique (Millet), is an interior decorator who is working on Castella's sister's apartment, and loves her dog. They go to the theatre, where their niece is performing in a production of BéréniceBérénice
Berenice is a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine. Berenice was not played often between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Today it is one of Racine's more popular plays, after Phèdre, Andromaque and Britannicus.It was first performed in 1670...
, accompanied by his driver, Bruno (Chabat), and his temporary bodyguard, Franck (Lanvin). While there, he sees Clara, who is an actress. Meanwhile, Franck sends Bruno to the bar to buy cigarettes. The barmaid, Manie (Jaoui), remembers having had sex with Bruno, but Bruno regrets that he does not remember her.
After the performance, Clara goes to the bar with her friends, including Antoine and Valerie, and their conversation reveals that she is afraid of never working again; after all, she is forty years old. Bruno, whose fiance is doing an internship in the United States, spends the night with Manie, who it turns out sells drugs on the side, and is frequently visited by clients. Franck meets Manie through Bruno and they start a relationship.
Previously uninterested in theatre, reluctant about going to theatre rather than for a dinner in a restaurant, Castella actually attends with his wife and develops a fascination with Clara's bohemian lifestyle. He alone attends another production she appears in. He joins her and her friends for lunch and attends an art show where he buys a piece. However, his cultural ignorance and general roughness makes him a laughingstock. Clara confides to her friend Manie that he is thick.
Castella's English is poor at first, but he soon makes some progress. He and Clara move the classes from his office to an English tea room, and to mark his progress, he writes a poem dedicated to Clara; however, he is dismayed when she says that she does not share the feelings expressed in the poem. One day she waits at the tea room and he doesn't show up. Bruno practices his flute, which he plays in a band. Later Bruno gently complains to Manie that he does not have any more news from his girlfriend who has gone to the US for an internship, as Manie has now developed an intense love affair with Franck, to the point that they speak of marriage, but Frank reveals himself to be more and more angry regarding Manie's drug dealing, fact she however assumes before him to the point of a clash.
Castella and Angelique are drifting apart, as indicated by how she doesn't like the painting he bought from Clara's artist friend and him not supporting anymore to live in such a doll house. Clara starts to feel that her friends are taking advantage of Castella and tells him. Castella leaves Angelique. Franck's contract finishes, and he decides at the late moment not to engage in any long or short-term relationship with Manie, not ringing at her door and leaving off in his car. Clara lands the lead part in Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, and world drama...
and invites Castella to the opening. After seeing an empty chair all night, Clara is overjoyed to see him later in the audience.
Message
Speaking to Paris MatchParis Match
Paris Match is a French weekly magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost....
in 2004 Agnès Jaoui said ; "I detest mono-cultures. The problem of identity is something very complicated with me. I am profoundly secular, but if I were attacked for being Jewish, I would scream. And I want the right to say I violently condemn the politics of Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006....
, even if it's complex. It's the same thing for Jean-Pierre as it is for me, it is the individual who counts. It's the social dimension of characters that interests us, not their roots or their heredity. I detest the notion of the inward looking group. It's this we tried to say in The Taste of Others. Whether it is a religious clan or a group of snobs, it's the same in our eyes. It's the same dogma, the same fundamentalism."
Won
- César Awards
- Best Actor – Supporting RoleCésar Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-References:...
- Best Actress – Supporting RoleCésar Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actress .-Winners:Adapted from the article , from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License....
- César Award for Best FilmCésar Award for Best FilmThe winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
- Best WritingCésar Award for Best WritingThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Writing .-1975–1979:*1975: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche: Que la fête commence...
- Best Actor – Supporting Role
- David di Donatello Awards
- Best Foreign FilmDavid di Donatello for Best Foreign Film-1950s-1960s:**Hotel Rwanda, directed by Terry George**Ray, directed by Taylor Hackford*2006 Crash, directed by Paul Haggis**A History of Violence, directed by David Cronenberg**Good Night, and Good Luck., directed by George Clooney...
- Best Foreign Film
- European Film Awards
- Best Screenwriter (Jean-Pierre Bacri and Agnès Jaoui)
- Montréal Film FestivalMontreal World Film FestivalThe Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
- Grand Prix des Amériques (Agnès Jaoui; tied with Innocence)
Nominated
- Academy AwardsAcademy AwardsAn Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
- Academy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmThe Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
- Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- César Awards
- Best Actor – Leading Role (Jean-Pierre Bacri)
- Best Actor – Supporting Role (Alain Chabat)
- Best Actress – Supporting Role (Agnès Jaoui)
- Best Director (Agnès Jaoui)
- Best Editing (Hervé de Luze)
- European Film Awards
- Best Film
- European Discovery of the Year (Agnès Jaoui)
External links
The Taste of Others , is a 2000 French film. It was directed by Agnès JaouiAgnès Jaoui
Agnès Jaoui is a French screenwriter, film director, actress and singer of Tunisian Jewish descent. She frequently works in collaboration with her husband Jean-Pierre Bacri.-Actress:* Le Faucon...
, and written by her and Jean-Pierre Bacri
Jean-Pierre Bacri
Jean-Pierre Bacri is a French actor and screenwriter who frequently works in collaboration with Agnès Jaoui.-Life:One of his earliest film appearances was Subway...
. It stars Jean-Pierre Bacri, Anne Alvaro
Anne Alvaro
Anne Alvaro is a French actress whose work spans from the early 1970s through 2006. She is best known for her role as Eleonore in the 1983 biopic Danton. She also appeared in The Taste of Others, for which she won a César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 2001...
, Alain Chabat
Alain Chabat
Alain Chabat is a French actor and director who appeared in La Cité de la peur, French Twist, The Taste of Others and The Science of Sleep.- Life and career :Chabat was born in Oran, French Algeria. He is Jewish....
, Agnès Jaoui, Gérard Lanvin
Gérard Lanvin
Gérard Lanvin is a César Award-winning French actor. He quit his studies when he was 17 to become an actor. He took on a role in Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine in 1977 on an offer from actor Coluche. He received the Prix Jean Gabin in 1982 for his role in Une étrange affaire...
and Christiane Millet.
The movie won the César Award for Best Film
César Award for Best Film
The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
, Best Supporting Actor
César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-References:...
, Best Supporting Actress
César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actress .-Winners:Adapted from the article , from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License....
and Best Writing
César Award for Best Writing
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Writing .-1975–1979:*1975: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche: Que la fête commence...
in 2001, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
. It currently ranks fourteenth on Rotten Tomatoes
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as best reviewed movie, with 100% positive reviews.
Plot
Castella (Bacri) owns a steel factory. To conduct a deal with Iranians, he is told he must learn English, so he hires Clara (Alvaro) to teach it to him. His wife, Angelique (Millet), is an interior decorator who is working on Castella's sister's apartment, and loves her dog. They go to the theatre, where their niece is performing in a production of BéréniceBérénice
Berenice is a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine. Berenice was not played often between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Today it is one of Racine's more popular plays, after Phèdre, Andromaque and Britannicus.It was first performed in 1670...
, accompanied by his driver, Bruno (Chabat), and his temporary bodyguard, Franck (Lanvin). While there, he sees Clara, who is an actress. Meanwhile, Franck sends Bruno to the bar to buy cigarettes. The barmaid, Manie (Jaoui), remembers having had sex with Bruno, but Bruno regrets that he does not remember her.
After the performance, Clara goes to the bar with her friends, including Antoine and Valerie, and their conversation reveals that she is afraid of never working again; after all, she is forty years old. Bruno, whose fiance is doing an internship in the United States, spends the night with Manie, who it turns out sells drugs on the side, and is frequently visited by clients. Franck meets Manie through Bruno and they start a relationship.
Previously uninterested in theatre, reluctant about going to theatre rather than for a dinner in a restaurant, Castella actually attends with his wife and develops a fascination with Clara's bohemian lifestyle. He alone attends another production she appears in. He joins her and her friends for lunch and attends an art show where he buys a piece. However, his cultural ignorance and general roughness makes him a laughingstock. Clara confides to her friend Manie that he is thick.
Castella's English is poor at first, but he soon makes some progress. He and Clara move the classes from his office to an English tea room, and to mark his progress, he writes a poem dedicated to Clara; however, he is dismayed when she says that she does not share the feelings expressed in the poem. One day she waits at the tea room and he doesn't show up. Bruno practices his flute, which he plays in a band. Later Bruno gently complains to Manie that he does not have any more news from his girlfriend who has gone to the US for an internship, as Manie has now developed an intense love affair with Franck, to the point that they speak of marriage, but Frank reveals himself to be more and more angry regarding Manie's drug dealing, fact she however assumes before him to the point of a clash.
Castella and Angelique are drifting apart, as indicated by how she doesn't like the painting he bought from Clara's artist friend and him not supporting anymore to live in such a doll house. Clara starts to feel that her friends are taking advantage of Castella and tells him. Castella leaves Angelique. Franck's contract finishes, and he decides at the late moment not to engage in any long or short-term relationship with Manie, not ringing at her door and leaving off in his car. Clara lands the lead part in Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, and world drama...
and invites Castella to the opening. After seeing an empty chair all night, Clara is overjoyed to see him later in the audience.
Message
Speaking to Paris MatchParis Match
Paris Match is a French weekly magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost....
in 2004 Agnès Jaoui said ; "I detest mono-cultures. The problem of identity is something very complicated with me. I am profoundly secular, but if I were attacked for being Jewish, I would scream. And I want the right to say I violently condemn the politics of Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006....
, even if it's complex. It's the same thing for Jean-Pierre as it is for me, it is the individual who counts. It's the social dimension of characters that interests us, not their roots or their heredity. I detest the notion of the inward looking group. It's this we tried to say in The Taste of Others. Whether it is a religious clan or a group of snobs, it's the same in our eyes. It's the same dogma, the same fundamentalism."
Won
- César Awards
- Best Actor – Supporting RoleCésar Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-References:...
- Best Actress – Supporting RoleCésar Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actress .-Winners:Adapted from the article , from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License....
- César Award for Best FilmCésar Award for Best FilmThe winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
- Best WritingCésar Award for Best WritingThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Writing .-1975–1979:*1975: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche: Que la fête commence...
- Best Actor – Supporting Role
- David di Donatello Awards
- Best Foreign FilmDavid di Donatello for Best Foreign Film-1950s-1960s:**Hotel Rwanda, directed by Terry George**Ray, directed by Taylor Hackford*2006 Crash, directed by Paul Haggis**A History of Violence, directed by David Cronenberg**Good Night, and Good Luck., directed by George Clooney...
- Best Foreign Film
- European Film Awards
- Best Screenwriter (Jean-Pierre Bacri and Agnès Jaoui)
- Montréal Film FestivalMontreal World Film FestivalThe Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
- Grand Prix des Amériques (Agnès Jaoui; tied with Innocence)
Nominated
- Academy AwardsAcademy AwardsAn Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
- Academy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmThe Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
- Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- César Awards
- Best Actor – Leading Role (Jean-Pierre Bacri)
- Best Actor – Supporting Role (Alain Chabat)
- Best Actress – Supporting Role (Agnès Jaoui)
- Best Director (Agnès Jaoui)
- Best Editing (Hervé de Luze)
- European Film Awards
- Best Film
- European Discovery of the Year (Agnès Jaoui)