THE TASTE OF THINGS

1 May

Written By Theatre Royal Castlemaine

RATING: PG

DURATION: 2:15

DIRECTOR: Trần Anh Hùng

STARRING: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Emmanuel Salinger, Jean-Marc Roulot, Bonnie Chagneau-Ravoire

LANGUAGE: French (English subtitles)

Screening Times

Thu 9 May - 7:30pm
Premiere screening + wine tasting event (Tickets here)

Wed 15 May - 7:30pm

Thu 16 May - 5:00pm

Sat 18 May - 2:00pm
(CRYBABY)

Sun 19 May - 7:15pm

Tue 21 May - 7:00pm

Wed 22 May - 3:30pm

Thu 23 May - 5:00pm

Tue 28 May - 2:00pm
(FINAL)

Since premiering at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, The Taste of Things has whetted appetites and tugged at heartstrings all over the world. This deliciously sensual adaptation of Marcel Rouff’s classic 1924 novel The Life and Passion of Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet, blends cooking with romantic love, and won director Tran Anh Hung (The Scent of Green Papaya) the Best Director prize at Cannes.

The year is 1885 and Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche (The English Patient) plays Eugénie, a renowned cook with no equal. Previous Cannes Film Festival Best Actor winner Benoît Magimel (The Piano Teacher) is Dodin, a brilliant epicure whose ideas for recipes when combined with Eugénie’s talents, create culinary magic. The talented duo form a partnership that extends beyond the kitchen, establishing a friendship that occasionally evolves into something more. Can Dodin’s outstanding culinary instincts and desire for a deeper connection persuade Eugénie to marry him?

Both instructive and lovingly-captured throughout, this film reminds us that traditional French cuisine has earned its prestigious place on the world stage, thanks to the dedication, care, time and love it demands.

Theatre Royal Castlemaine