The Taste of Others (2000)
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.
Director:
Agnès Jaoui
Writers:
Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui.
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Agnès Jaoui as Manie |
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Jean-Pierre Bacri as Jean-Charles Castella |
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Anne Alvaro as Clara Devaux |
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Alain Chabat as Bruno Deschamps |
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Gérard Lanvin as Franck Moreno |
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Christiane Millet as Angélique |
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Wladimir Yordanoff as Antoine |
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Brigitte Catillon as Béatrice Castella |
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Raphaël Defour as Benoît |
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Anne Le Ny as Valérie |
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Xavier de Guillebon as Weber |
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Sam Karmann as Le metteur en scène |
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Robert Bacri as Le père de Castella |
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Michel Caccia as Le peintre |
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Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Un spectateur au théâtre |
| Production | Christian Bérard | Producer |
| Directing | Agnès Jaoui | Director |
| Sound | Jean-Charles Jarrel | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jean-Pierre Bacri | Screenplay |
| Writing | Agnès Jaoui | Screenplay |
| Editing | Hervé de Luze | Editor |
| Camera | Laurent Dailland | Director of Photography |
| Production | Charles Gassot | Producer |
| Production | Brigitte Moidon | Casting |
| Art | François Emmanuelli | Production Design |
| Art | Marie Cheminal | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jackie Budin | Costume Design |
| Art | Anne Passelergue | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Ludovic Erbelding | Construction Coordinator |
| Directing | Brigitte Hedou | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Bernard Tissier | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Patrick De Ranter | Steadicam Operator |
| Lighting | Pascal Pajaud | Gaffer |
| Camera | Olivier Banon | First Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Frédéric Moreau | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Georges Demétrau | Special Effects |
| Crew | Pascal Fauvelle | Special Effects |
| Editing | Katia Boutin | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Nicolas Becker | Foley |
| Sound | Jean-Noël Yven | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah Guetta | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Philippe Mangin | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Vrignaud | Makeup Artist |