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Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
2022 · Romance · Drama
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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.
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CinemaSerf
March 9, 2024
"Dodin" (Benoît Magimel) and "Eugénie" (Juliette Binoche) have a synergy in the kitchen that creates mouthwatering and innovative culinary treats for their friends. She does the cooking, he more the design; she shuns the limelight, he is more gregarious - but it's a professional relationship that has worked well for the last two decades. It's probably fair to say that they are both a bit slow off the mark, but gradua…
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July 17, 2024
“The Taste of Things” is a romantic drama that’s also a historically accurate period film about food. Set in 1885, this is a slow moving love letter to the art and style of French cuisine, and director Anh Hung Tran takes great pleasure in his celebration and joy of all things gastronomy. Famous restaurant owner Dodin Bouffant (Benoît Magimel) has relied on his esteemed personal cook Eugénie (Juliette Binoche) for ov…
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June 8, 2026
There's a club of truly great food films, the ones that understand cuisine as metaphor, as love language, as cultural memory: Eat Drink Man Woman, Ratatouille, Tampopo, Big Night, Like Water for Chocolate, and Fried Green Tomatoes, just to name some tenured films. La Passion de Dodin Bouffant aspires to join their ranks, and while it certainly looks the part, it arrives with a script that has, ironically, no meat on…
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