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The Taste of Things

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7.1(429)20232h 15m6

Set in 1889 France, Dodin Bouffant is a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.

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Status
Released
Budget
$6.5M
Box office
$6M
Language
French
  • affectation
  • french cuisine
  • intimate

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Belgium, France

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • PremiereJio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival27 Oct 2023
    • PremiereCinévesture International Film Festival27 Mar 2024
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereAspen Film Festival21 Sept 2023
    • PremiereNashville Film Festival3 Oct 2023
    • PremiereNew York Film Festival5 Oct 2023
    • PremiereChicago International Film Festival13 Oct 2023
    • PremiereSan Diego International Film Festival21 Oct 2023
    • PremierePhiladelphia Film Festival22 Oct 2023
    • PremiereSCAD Savannah Film Festival26 Oct 2023
    • PremiereAFI Fest / Indie Memphis Film Festival28 Oct 2023
    • PremiereMontclair Film Festival29 Oct 2023
    • PremiereDenver Film Festival4 Nov 2023
    • Theatrical (limited)PG-13Oscar-qualifying run13 Dec 2023
    • PremiereSanta Barbara International Film Festival8 Feb 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)PG-13New York City, New York & Los Angeles, California9 Feb 2024
    • TheatricalPG-1314 Feb 2024
    • Digital / OTTPG-1327 Mar 2024
    • PremiereMilwaukee Film Festival14 Apr 2024
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival13 Oct 2023
    • PremiereFilmBath Film Festival21 Oct 2023
    • Theatrical12A16 Feb 2024
    • Digital / OTT121 Apr 2024
    • Physical12Blu-ray & DVD15 Apr 2024
  • AustraliaAU

    • Digital / OTTPG1 Jul 2024
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical (limited)14 Feb 2024
    • Digital / OTT29 Mar 2024
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival6 Oct 2023
    • Theatrical (limited)6 Apr 2024
    • Theatrical1611 Apr 2024
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereChina Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival27 Oct 2023
    • PremiereBeijing, Institut Français3 Dec 2023
    • PremiereHainan Island International Film Festival16 Dec 2023
    • PremiereShanghai International Film Festival14 Jun 2024
    • PremierePanorama du cinéma français 202424 Jun 2024
    • PremiereBeijing International Film Festival18 Apr 2026
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Premiere Karlovy Vary International Film Festival1 Jul 2023
    • TheatricalU9 Nov 2023
  • EstoniaEE

    • PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival16 Nov 2023
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival24 May 2023
    • PremiereGrand Lyon Film Festival17 Oct 2023
    • Theatrical8 Nov 2023
    • Digital / OTTTPVOD8 Mar 2024
    • PhysicalTPBlu-ray & DVD13 Mar 2024
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical68 Feb 2024
  • GreeceGR

    • PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival2 Nov 2023
    • Theatrical9 Nov 2023

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The Taste of Things was released on 8 November 2023.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    3/9/2024

    7/10

    "Dodin" (Benoît Magimel) and "Eugénie" (Juliette Binoche) have a synergy in the kitchen that creates mouthwatering and innovative culinary treats for their friends. She does the cooking, he more the design; she shuns the limelight, he is more gregarious - but it's a professional relationship that has worked well for the last two decades. It's probably fair to say that they are both a bit slow off the mark, but gradua…

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    Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

    7/17/2024

    7/10

    “The Taste of Things” is a romantic drama that’s also a historically accurate period film about food. Set in 1885, this is a slow moving love letter to the art and style of French cuisine, and director Anh Hung Tran takes great pleasure in his celebration and joy of all things gastronomy. Famous restaurant owner Dodin Bouffant (Benoît Magimel) has relied on his esteemed personal cook Eugénie (Juliette Binoche) for…

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    badelf

    6/8/2026

    7/10

    There's a club of truly great food films, the ones that understand cuisine as metaphor, as love language, as cultural memory: Eat Drink Man Woman, Ratatouille, Tampopo, Big Night, Like Water for Chocolate, and Fried Green Tomatoes, just to name some tenured films. La Passion de Dodin Bouffant aspires to join their ranks, and while it certainly looks the part, it arrives with a script that has, ironically, no meat on …

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