The Taste of Others
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77/100
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Lowest is Kinopoisk on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 98. Critics average 88, everyone else 74.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella reluctantly attends Racine's tragedy "Berenice" in order to see his niece play a bit part. He is taken with the play's strangely familiar-looking leading lady Clara Devaux. During the course of the show, Castella soon remembers that he once hired and then promptly fired the actress as an English language tutor. He immediately goes out and signs up for language lessons. Thinking that he is nothing but an ill-tempered philistine with bad taste, Clara rejects him until Castella charms her off her feet.
Details
- Director
- Agnès Jaoui
- Writers
- Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri
- Studio
- Les Films A4, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+
- Released
- 1 March 2000
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Awards
- 3 wins, 6 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 9 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| 26th César Awards 2000 | Best Supporting Actress | Anne Alvaro | Winner |
| 73rd Academy Awards 2001 | Best International Feature Film | Nominee | |
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 2001 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | France | Nominee |
| 13th European Film Awards 2000 | Best Film | France 2 Cinéma | Nominee |
| 13th European Film Awards 2000 | Best Film | Téléma | Nominee |
| 13th European Film Awards 2000 | Best Screenwriter | Agnès Jaoui | Winner |
| 13th European Film Awards 2000 | Best Film | Les Films A4 | Nominee |
| 13th European Film Awards 2000 | Best Screenwriter | Jean-Pierre Bacri | Winner |
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9 awards — The Taste of Others
×| Best Supporting Actress | Anne Alvaro | Winner |
| Best International Feature Film | Nominee |
| International Submission to the Academy Awards | France | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | Agnès Jaoui | Winner |
| Best Screenwriter | Jean-Pierre Bacri | Winner |
| Best Film | France 2 Cinéma | Nominee |
| Best Film | Téléma | Nominee |
| Best Film | Les Films A4 | Nominee |
| Best Film | Agnès Jaoui | Nominee |