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The Tasting
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Title: The Tasting

Release Date: 31 Aug 2022

Runtime: 1h 32m

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: France 2 Cinéma, StudioCanal, SCOPE Pictures, Mandarin Cinéma

Production Companies: France 2 Cinéma, StudioCanal, SCOPE Pictures, Mandarin Cinéma

Overview: Hortense has a big heart and no one to share it with except her cat, her embittered mom, and a group of homeless people for whom she prepares a gourmet dinner at the local church every week. While buying a nice bottle of wine, Hortense meets Jacques, a fifty-something, grumpy local cellarman. Eager to see him again, she attends a chaotic wine tasting in Jacques’ shop - meeting his best friend who clumsily tries to seduce her, and his new apprentice who turns out to have a rare gift for tasting as well as an unfiltered honesty. As Hortense and Jacques grow closer and closer, their past begins to catch up to them.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.028 (107 votes)

Cast

  • Hortense: Isabelle Carré
  • Jacques: Bernard Campan
  • Guillaume: Éric Viellard
  • Steve: Mounir Amamra
  • Docteur Milmont: Olivier Claverie
  • Danièle: Geneviève Mnich
  • Roger: Raphaël Thiéry
  • Le comptable: Pierre Bénézit
  • La collègue sage-femme: Sephora Pondi
  • L'assistante sociale: Jeanne Arènes
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