French Film Festival: The Taste of Things

This mouthwatering and sensual exercise in haute cuisine and late-flowering romance is set in 1885 and almost totally within the confines of a rustic kitchen in a chateau. Peerless cook Eugénie has worked for the famous gourmet Dodin for the last 20 years. As time goes by, the practice of gastronomy and mutual admiration turns into a romantic relationship. Stars Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel, who were a couple themselves in the early noughties, exude an effortless rapport.

Screening as part of the French Film Festival UK 2023