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The Taste of Others
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Title: The Taste of Others

Release Date: 1 Mar 2000

Runtime: 1h 52m

Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Director: Les Films A4, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+

Production Companies: Les Films A4, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 6.809 (309 votes)

Cast

  • Jean-Charles Castella: Jean-Pierre Bacri
  • Bruno Deschamps: Alain Chabat
  • Clara Devaux: Anne Alvaro
  • Manie: Agnès Jaoui
  • Angélique: Christiane Millet
  • Franck Moreno: Gérard Lanvin
  • Antoine: Wladimir Yordanoff
  • Béatrice Castella: Brigitte Catillon
  • Valérie: Anne Le Ny
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