Saturday, July 26, 2008

The Taste of Others (2000)

Agnes Jaoui co-writes and directs this romantic comedy of manners set in France's rustic Provence. Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella (co-scripter Jean-Pierre Bacri) 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 (Anne Alvaro). 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. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Theatrical Feature Running Time: 112 mins
The Taste of Others (2000)
With such a sexy cover for the DVD and the enticing description, I thought this might be a funny film, but to no avail. I even thought it could have got funnier as the film went on and again nothing of interest in this film. I do not even remember a funny scene now.

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