The Taste of Things

About The Taste of Things

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.

The Taste of Things (2023) is a romance film directed by Trần Anh Hùng. At 135 minutes long, it arrived in November 2023.

The film is filed under affectation, intimate, and french cuisine.

Benoît Magimel stars as Dodin Bouffant, Juliette Binoche as Eugénie, Patrick d'Assumçao as Grimaud, and Emmanuel Salinger as Rabaz. The screenplay is by Trần Anh Hùng. In the United States it streams on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel.

Marie Antoinette, Who You Think I Am, and From Beginning to End make useful companions to The Taste of Things. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 429 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.