Le goût des autres

Mar 1 2000 R 1h 52m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Plot

Three men, three women, opposites, possibilities, and tastes. Castella owns a industrial steel barrel plant in Rouen; Bruno is his flute-playing driver, Franck is his temporary bodyguard while he negotiates a contract with Iranians, his wife Angélique does frou-frou interior decorating and loves her dog. The conventional Castella hires a forty-year-old actress, Clara, to tutor him in English, and he finds her and her Bohemian lifestyle fascinating. Is this love? What would she say if he declared himself? Through Bruno, Franck meets Manie, a barmaid who deals hash. They begin an affair. Are they in love? They joke about marriage. As the women hold back, the men must make decisions.

Written by

Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui

Directed by

Agnès Jaoui

Cast

Anne Alvaro, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Alain Chabat

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Les Films A4, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+

Languages

Français

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 16 wins & 12 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
10,663
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
78
Popularity
NA