Chicago – The great food movies of cinema history … think “Babette’s Feast” or “Big Night” … use food prep cinematically as a palette for the senses. A French/Belgium film from last year continues that tradition. “The Taste of Things,” featuring Oscar winner Juliette Binoche and written/directed by Ahn Hung Tran, is set in late 19th Century France within a romance between a chef and his muse.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Adapted from a popular French novel featuring Chef Dodin Bouffant (Benoit Magimel), and set in 1889, the story involves the developing love affair between Bouffant and his vital taster and sous chef Eugenie (Juliette Binoche). As Bouffant’s reputation grows, to a point where ambassadors and kings desire his meals, Eugenie continues to be his muse. Right at the height of their love and food creative relationship, Eugenie’s health becomes an obstacle.
Ahn Hung Tran and Benoit Magimel on the set of ‘The...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Adapted from a popular French novel featuring Chef Dodin Bouffant (Benoit Magimel), and set in 1889, the story involves the developing love affair between Bouffant and his vital taster and sous chef Eugenie (Juliette Binoche). As Bouffant’s reputation grows, to a point where ambassadors and kings desire his meals, Eugenie continues to be his muse. Right at the height of their love and food creative relationship, Eugenie’s health becomes an obstacle.
Ahn Hung Tran and Benoit Magimel on the set of ‘The...
- 3/26/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
French-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung spoke about the making of “The Taste of Things” (previously titled “The Pot-au-Feu”) the food-themed romantic drama that won him best director award at Cannes this year, at the master class held Tuesday at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Screening in TIFF’s Gala section, the film stars Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel as respectively a chef and gourmet. Set in 1885, the film depicts their relationship, which mixes romance with food, based on a 1924 novel by Marcel Rouff. It has been selected by France as its international Oscar contender.
“I had always wanted to make a film about food,” Hung told the audience. “Cooking is an art form. I also wanted to make a film about the love between a couple in the autumn of their lives.”
He said that the project had a gestation going back two decades when Binoche and Magimel were romantically linked in real life.
Screening in TIFF’s Gala section, the film stars Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel as respectively a chef and gourmet. Set in 1885, the film depicts their relationship, which mixes romance with food, based on a 1924 novel by Marcel Rouff. It has been selected by France as its international Oscar contender.
“I had always wanted to make a film about food,” Hung told the audience. “Cooking is an art form. I also wanted to make a film about the love between a couple in the autumn of their lives.”
He said that the project had a gestation going back two decades when Binoche and Magimel were romantically linked in real life.
- 10/24/2023
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
Winner of the Camera d’Or (and the Award of the Youth French Film) for The Scent of Green Papaya back in 1993, while he has known international success (example he won Golden Lion in Venice two short years later with Cyclo) Tran Anh Hung isn’t much of a mainstay in Cannes having only returned to the Un Certain Regard section back in 2000 with The Vertical Ray of the Sun. The Pot au Feu (aka La Passion de Dodin Bouffant) is his first film in competition.
Featuring Juliette Binoche as Eugénie and Benoît Magimel as Dodin Bouffant, this focuses on Eugenie, an esteemed cook, has been working for over the last 20 years for Dodin, a fine gourmet.…...
Featuring Juliette Binoche as Eugénie and Benoît Magimel as Dodin Bouffant, this focuses on Eugenie, an esteemed cook, has been working for over the last 20 years for Dodin, a fine gourmet.…...
- 5/26/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
New films by Tran Anh Hung and Nanni Moretti take their place on the grid.
Tran Anh Hung’s The Pot-Au-Feu posted a 2.8 average on Screen International’s 2023 Cannes jury grid, whilst Nanni Moretti’s A Brighter Tomorrow landed joint-bottom with 1.3.
Vietnam-born Hung’s seventh feature, his first since 2016’s French family saga Eternity, is a food-themed period romance starring Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel as a cook and a gourmet who fall in love.
Click on the jury grid above for the most up-to-date version.
The Pot-Au-Feu scored fours (excellent) from Meduza International’s Anton Dolan, Time Magazine’s Stehanie Zacharek and rogerebert.
Tran Anh Hung’s The Pot-Au-Feu posted a 2.8 average on Screen International’s 2023 Cannes jury grid, whilst Nanni Moretti’s A Brighter Tomorrow landed joint-bottom with 1.3.
Vietnam-born Hung’s seventh feature, his first since 2016’s French family saga Eternity, is a food-themed period romance starring Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel as a cook and a gourmet who fall in love.
Click on the jury grid above for the most up-to-date version.
The Pot-Au-Feu scored fours (excellent) from Meduza International’s Anton Dolan, Time Magazine’s Stehanie Zacharek and rogerebert.
- 5/25/2023
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The film is Picturehouse Entertainment’s third acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Tran Anh Hung’s Cannes Competition title The Pot-Au-Feu from France’s Gaumont.
Set in the world of French gastronomy in 1885, the film stars Juliette Binoche as an esteemed cook who has a long-term relationship with a gourmet, played by Benoit Magimel.
It marks the latest feature from Vietnam-born Hung, who won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes in 1993 with The Scent Of Green Papaya, and returned to the festival with The Vertical Ray Of The Sun in...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Tran Anh Hung’s Cannes Competition title The Pot-Au-Feu from France’s Gaumont.
Set in the world of French gastronomy in 1885, the film stars Juliette Binoche as an esteemed cook who has a long-term relationship with a gourmet, played by Benoit Magimel.
It marks the latest feature from Vietnam-born Hung, who won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes in 1993 with The Scent Of Green Papaya, and returned to the festival with The Vertical Ray Of The Sun in...
- 5/25/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
By Raghu Pratap
French-Vietnamese filmmaker Tran Anh Hung came to the cinema world’s attention with his very first film – “The Scent of Green Papaya”: a glacially paced, aesthetically lush work set in 1950s and 1960s Saigon with a significant dose of political subtext that continues to find relevance even today. The film created waves among the film fraternity, winning two awards at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival including the Camera d’Or, a Cesar award for Best Debut Feature, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1993. “The Scent of Green Papaya” forms the first of a triumvirate of films -referred to as Tran’s ‘Vietnam Trilogy’ which includes his later works: “Cyclo” (1995) and “The Vertical Ray of the Sun” (2000).
The movie takes place in two timelines, separated by ten years. In the first section, the film revolves around, and follows a young...
French-Vietnamese filmmaker Tran Anh Hung came to the cinema world’s attention with his very first film – “The Scent of Green Papaya”: a glacially paced, aesthetically lush work set in 1950s and 1960s Saigon with a significant dose of political subtext that continues to find relevance even today. The film created waves among the film fraternity, winning two awards at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival including the Camera d’Or, a Cesar award for Best Debut Feature, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1993. “The Scent of Green Papaya” forms the first of a triumvirate of films -referred to as Tran’s ‘Vietnam Trilogy’ which includes his later works: “Cyclo” (1995) and “The Vertical Ray of the Sun” (2000).
The movie takes place in two timelines, separated by ten years. In the first section, the film revolves around, and follows a young...
- 3/22/2021
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
The actor turned director’s passion project is a psychological stunner that shows the effects the Khmer Rouge’s reign left on the people of Cambodia
Whatever may be thought of Angelina Jolie and the controversial way she auditioned young people for this particular film – a Netflix production which airs later this month – she has created an accomplished piece of work which is possessed of a genuine artistry. It is something to compare to the films of Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung, especially the dreamily sensual epiphanies of The Scent Of Green Papaya (1993) and At The Height Of Summer (2000).
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Whatever may be thought of Angelina Jolie and the controversial way she auditioned young people for this particular film – a Netflix production which airs later this month – she has created an accomplished piece of work which is possessed of a genuine artistry. It is something to compare to the films of Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung, especially the dreamily sensual epiphanies of The Scent Of Green Papaya (1993) and At The Height Of Summer (2000).
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- 9/12/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Eternité
Director: Tran Anh Hung
Writer: Tran Anh Hung
Vietnamese auteur Tran Anh Hung had a smoldering early career, snagging the Camera d’Or at Cannes for his 1993 debut Scent of the Green Papaya and nabbing the Golden Lion in Venice for his 1995 sophomore film, Cyclo. A five year break brought The Vertical Ray of the Sun in 2000, and then nine years later Hung premiered his ill received English language debut, I Come With the Rain, which starred Josh Hartnett. An adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s celebrated novel Norwegian Wood was better received, though received a delayed and limited theatrical run in the Us. He’s back with an exciting new project, his French language debut Eternité (Eternity), set to star three French beauties, Melanie Laurent, Beatrice Bejo, and Audrey Tautou, based on Alice Ferney’s celebrated novel which concerns a story from the late 19th century to the end...
Director: Tran Anh Hung
Writer: Tran Anh Hung
Vietnamese auteur Tran Anh Hung had a smoldering early career, snagging the Camera d’Or at Cannes for his 1993 debut Scent of the Green Papaya and nabbing the Golden Lion in Venice for his 1995 sophomore film, Cyclo. A five year break brought The Vertical Ray of the Sun in 2000, and then nine years later Hung premiered his ill received English language debut, I Come With the Rain, which starred Josh Hartnett. An adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s celebrated novel Norwegian Wood was better received, though received a delayed and limited theatrical run in the Us. He’s back with an exciting new project, his French language debut Eternité (Eternity), set to star three French beauties, Melanie Laurent, Beatrice Bejo, and Audrey Tautou, based on Alice Ferney’s celebrated novel which concerns a story from the late 19th century to the end...
- 1/10/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Nerdist Presents The Hive is the first-ever movie distributed by Chris Hardwick's Nerdist Industries. Following a one-night theatrical event hosted put on by Fathom Events that featured the movie in 500 theaters nationwide, Nerdist Presents The Hive is now available on iTunes and other digital platforms. The iTunes version of the film will include exclusive content exclusive to that platform. The movie is available via iTunes, Google Play, Vimeo, Amazon, Playstation and Microsoft Movies. it's set to hit On Demand providers October 12th. The film was shot with four different lens/palates to give each frame its own look and is set to the music of internationally renowned music producer Steve Aoki. At the height of summer, Adam and Katie find love for the first time. Fellow camp counselors Clark and Jess couldn’t care less about the kids they’re overseeing as long as they can hook up. But,...
- 9/29/2015
- ComicBookMovie.com
Summer takes a sinister and scary turn for a group of camp counselors exposed to a monstrous plague in Nerdist Presents The Hive. We have details on the film's digital release that launches today, as well as the upcoming VOD debut for David Yarovesky's latest film.
Press Release: "The movie is currently available for pre-order on iTunes. Additionally, the iTunes airing will be packaged with exclusive extra content available only on that platform. The link to the pre-order on iTunes is: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/nerdist-presents-the-hive/id1031691312
The entire digital rollout for the movie includes:
September 28:
iTunes
Google Play
Vimeo
Amazon
Playstation
Microsoft Movies
October 12
On Demand (Comcast, Verizon etc.)
About The Hive:
At the height of summer, Adam and Katie find love for the first time. Fellow camp counselors Clark and Jess couldn’t care less about the kids they’re overseeing as long as they can hook up.
Press Release: "The movie is currently available for pre-order on iTunes. Additionally, the iTunes airing will be packaged with exclusive extra content available only on that platform. The link to the pre-order on iTunes is: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/nerdist-presents-the-hive/id1031691312
The entire digital rollout for the movie includes:
September 28:
iTunes
Google Play
Vimeo
Amazon
Playstation
Microsoft Movies
October 12
On Demand (Comcast, Verizon etc.)
About The Hive:
At the height of summer, Adam and Katie find love for the first time. Fellow camp counselors Clark and Jess couldn’t care less about the kids they’re overseeing as long as they can hook up.
- 9/28/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Summer camp takes a sinister turn in David Yarovesky's The Hive, playing in theaters for one evening only tonight courtesy of Fathom Events and Nerdist Industries. Ahead of The Hive's special theatrical release, Daily Dead caught up with co-writer/director David Yarovesky.
On The Hive's long journey to the big screen:
David Yarovesky: It’s been two years. People talk about it like it’s a marathon, but for me it’s been a two-year sprint. We started in July or August of 2013. I cranked out eleven drafts before we actually shot anything. Eleven drafts in three or four months. I’m really anal about it being as good as it possibly can be. I’d just be cranking them out and working through the kinks and making it better every time.
So then we went straight into shooting and after that it was like 20 weeks of editing.
On The Hive's long journey to the big screen:
David Yarovesky: It’s been two years. People talk about it like it’s a marathon, but for me it’s been a two-year sprint. We started in July or August of 2013. I cranked out eleven drafts before we actually shot anything. Eleven drafts in three or four months. I’m really anal about it being as good as it possibly can be. I’d just be cranking them out and working through the kinks and making it better every time.
So then we went straight into shooting and after that it was like 20 weeks of editing.
- 9/14/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Éternité
Director: Tran Anh Hung // Writer: Tran Anh Hung
Vietnamese auteur Tran Anh Hung had a smoldering early career, snagging the Camera D’or at Cannes for his 1993 debut Scent of the Green Papaya and nabbing the Golden Lion in Venice for his 1995 sophomore film, Cyclo. A five year break brought The Vertical Ray of the Sun in 2000, and then nine years later Hung premiered his ill received English language debut, I Come With the Rain, which starred Josh Hartnett. An adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s celebrated novel Norwegian Wood was better received, though received a delayed and limited theatrical run in the Us. He’s back with an exciting new project, his French language debut Eternity, set to star three French beauties, Melanie Laurent, Beatrice Bejo, and Audrey Tautou, based on Alice Ferney’s celebrated novel which concerns a story from the late 19th century to the end of...
Director: Tran Anh Hung // Writer: Tran Anh Hung
Vietnamese auteur Tran Anh Hung had a smoldering early career, snagging the Camera D’or at Cannes for his 1993 debut Scent of the Green Papaya and nabbing the Golden Lion in Venice for his 1995 sophomore film, Cyclo. A five year break brought The Vertical Ray of the Sun in 2000, and then nine years later Hung premiered his ill received English language debut, I Come With the Rain, which starred Josh Hartnett. An adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s celebrated novel Norwegian Wood was better received, though received a delayed and limited theatrical run in the Us. He’s back with an exciting new project, his French language debut Eternity, set to star three French beauties, Melanie Laurent, Beatrice Bejo, and Audrey Tautou, based on Alice Ferney’s celebrated novel which concerns a story from the late 19th century to the end of...
- 1/7/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Feature revolving around womanhood set to shoot in France late summer.
Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung is set to work with Mélanie Laurent, Audrey Tautou and Bérénice Bejo on his first French-language feature, which is due to start shoot this summer.
Entitled Eternité (Eternity), the feature is an adaptation of Alice Ferney’s novel L’élégance des Veuves, revolving around the theme of motherhood and three women who face up to tragedy and unhappiness with dignity.
Tran has adapted the novel for the big screen. The director adapted Japanese writer Haruki Marakumi’s Norwegian Wood for his last film.
The €10m ($14m) production, due to start shooting at the end of this summer, is produced by Christophe Rossignon of Paris-based Nord-Ouest with the support of Canal+ and co-producers Samsa Film in Luxembourg and Artemis in Belgium.
Pathé will distribute in France and Pathé International will handle sales.
Tran won the Camera d’Or with his debut film The Scent of Green Papaya...
Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung is set to work with Mélanie Laurent, Audrey Tautou and Bérénice Bejo on his first French-language feature, which is due to start shoot this summer.
Entitled Eternité (Eternity), the feature is an adaptation of Alice Ferney’s novel L’élégance des Veuves, revolving around the theme of motherhood and three women who face up to tragedy and unhappiness with dignity.
Tran has adapted the novel for the big screen. The director adapted Japanese writer Haruki Marakumi’s Norwegian Wood for his last film.
The €10m ($14m) production, due to start shooting at the end of this summer, is produced by Christophe Rossignon of Paris-based Nord-Ouest with the support of Canal+ and co-producers Samsa Film in Luxembourg and Artemis in Belgium.
Pathé will distribute in France and Pathé International will handle sales.
Tran won the Camera d’Or with his debut film The Scent of Green Papaya...
- 2/24/2014
- ScreenDaily
Feature revolving around womanhood set to shoot in France late summer.
Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung is set to work with Mélanie Laurent, Audrey Tautou and Bérénice Bejo on his first French-language feature, which is due to start shoot this summer.
Entitled Eternité (Eternity), the feature is an adaptation of Alice Ferney’s novel L’élégance des Veuves, revolving around the theme of motherhood and three women who face up to tragedy and unhappiness with dignity.
Tran has adapted the novel for the big screen. The director adapted Japanese writer Haruki Marakumi’s Norwegian Wood for his last film.
The €10m ($14m) production, due to start shooting at the end of this summer, is produced by Christophe Rossignon of Paris-based Nord-Ouest with the support of Canal+ and co-producers Samsa Film in Luxembourg and Artemis in Belgium.
Pathé will distribute in France and Pathé International will handle sales.
Tran won the Camera d’Or with his debut film The Scent of Green Papaya...
Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung is set to work with Mélanie Laurent, Audrey Tautou and Bérénice Bejo on his first French-language feature, which is due to start shoot this summer.
Entitled Eternité (Eternity), the feature is an adaptation of Alice Ferney’s novel L’élégance des Veuves, revolving around the theme of motherhood and three women who face up to tragedy and unhappiness with dignity.
Tran has adapted the novel for the big screen. The director adapted Japanese writer Haruki Marakumi’s Norwegian Wood for his last film.
The €10m ($14m) production, due to start shooting at the end of this summer, is produced by Christophe Rossignon of Paris-based Nord-Ouest with the support of Canal+ and co-producers Samsa Film in Luxembourg and Artemis in Belgium.
Pathé will distribute in France and Pathé International will handle sales.
Tran won the Camera d’Or with his debut film The Scent of Green Papaya...
- 2/24/2014
- ScreenDaily
After 14 years reporting from the red carpet, our film diarist bids farewell with a selection of glilttering memories…
Best festival
Trash was born at Cannes in 1999, when the idea struck me that the best way to cover this polymorphously perverse festival was through a diary. So it's probably in that environment that my column has thrived most. It coincided with the rise of the "festival circuit", and I was fortunate to have the willing co-operation of the Observer and the festivals themselves in getting to cover so many of them.
I still recall the jolt of a morning vodka with Alan Parker in Moscow where, because his Pink Floyd film The Wall was the most famous bootleg of the Soviet era, he is some kind of deity. Marrakech is a wonderful setting for a film festival and I shall cherish an afternoon with Martin Scorsese there, even though he spilt...
Best festival
Trash was born at Cannes in 1999, when the idea struck me that the best way to cover this polymorphously perverse festival was through a diary. So it's probably in that environment that my column has thrived most. It coincided with the rise of the "festival circuit", and I was fortunate to have the willing co-operation of the Observer and the festivals themselves in getting to cover so many of them.
I still recall the jolt of a morning vodka with Alan Parker in Moscow where, because his Pink Floyd film The Wall was the most famous bootleg of the Soviet era, he is some kind of deity. Marrakech is a wonderful setting for a film festival and I shall cherish an afternoon with Martin Scorsese there, even though he spilt...
- 9/30/2013
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
Rihanna wore a printed red swimsuit yesterday to hang out on a yacht off the French town of Eze Sur Mer. She ventured out into the Mediterranean after spending some time in Monaco. The last week has been full of Rihanna bikini time as she relaxes around the South of France with friends. At the height of Summer, there are plenty of celebrities vacationing near Rihanna - and that included her ex Chris Brown. There have been reports of Rihanna and Chris Brown kissing in public, though Chris's rep denies that they're even spending time together. View Slideshow ›...
- 7/27/2012
- by Allie Merriam
- Popsugar.com
Rihanna wore a printed red swimsuit yesterday to hang out on a yacht off the French town of Eze Sur Mer. She ventured out into the Mediterranean after spending some time in Monaco. The last week has been full of Rihanna bikini time as she relaxes around the South of France with friends. At the height of Summer, there are plenty of celebrities vacationing near Rihanna - and that included her ex Chris Brown. There have been reports of Rihanna and Chris Brown kissing in public, though Chris's rep denies that they're even spending time together. View Slideshow ›...
- 7/27/2012
- by Allie Merriam
- Popsugar.com
I'm not really the biggest Anh Hung Tran fan, but I do follow his work from a distance. While not truly spectacular, I appreciated the soft-natured atmosphere of Mua He Chieu Thang Dung, Xich Lo on the other hand was somewhat of a disappointment. But when I heard Tran was going to adapt a book of Murakami, I was pretty excited to see how he would blend his Vietnamese roots with the Japanese setting. The result is nothing short of amazing.Norwegian Wood is a well-known novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, one of the few Japanese writers who actually managed to acquire an avid following in the West. The book itself took its name from a lesser known Beatles song. I haven't read the book...
- 6/11/2012
- Screen Anarchy
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