

The Taste of Others
2000-03-01 · 112 min · ★ 6.9
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.
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- Directors
- Agnès Jaoui
- Production companies
- Les Films A4, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+
- Countries
- France
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Agnès JaouiManie
Jean-Pierre BacriJean-Charles Castella
Anne AlvaroClara Devaux
Alain ChabatBruno Deschamps
Gérard LanvinFranck Moreno
Christiane MilletAngélique
Wladimir YordanoffAntoine
Brigitte CatillonBéatrice Castella
Raphaël DefourBenoît
Anne Le NyValérie
Xavier de GuillebonWeber
Sam KarmannLe metteur en scène
Michel CacciaLe peintre
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