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Castella is a rich and lonely man who has built up a successful business but who has lost sight of himself and his family. Clara is a middle aged actress who lives for the theatre yet craves for a family and security. She teaches English in her spare time - which is how she meets Castella. It is only when he sees her performing in the theatre that something is sparked inside him.
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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
This is an excellent film but the English subtitles are a disgrace. they have translated perhaps one third of the text, but even that is not enough to grasp the meaning of the film, particularly in a film so dependent upon dialogue. In many instances only the first part of a sentence is translated 'Do you believe...?' or 'I spoke to him about it....' - while the content is entirely omitted. It ought to be an offence to sell a DVD in this condition.
46 of 53 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conceptions and preconceptions, and the role they play in everyday life...
11 Dec 2005
By M. B. Alcat
"The taste of others" is basically a story about conceptions and preconceptions, and the role they play in everyday life. The taste of the characters, when confronted with the taste of others, sometimes seems merely a pretext to judge and exclude them...
The plot is relatively simple: a prosperous industrialist, Castella (Jean-Pierre Bacri), needs to learn English, something that he really doesn't want to do. A subordinate arranges him a meeting with Clara (Anne Alvaro), an English professor that doesn't strike Castella as overly good due to the fact that she doesn't have a specific method to teach English. However, things change when he is dragged to the theatre by his wife and witnesses Clara playing the main role in "Berenice", a drama by Racine. By a strange twist of fate, Castella falls in love with Clara, and decide to take up English classes as a way to be near her. But will that be enough, when Castella is married, and Clara is so different from him?
Besides Castella, his eccentric wife Angelique (Christiane Millet) and Clara, this film includes other stories that relate to the main one but have their own dynamic. Castella's chauffeur, Bruno Deschamps (Alain Chabat), has a girlfriend that is living in another country, and about whom he talks a lot with Franck Moreno (Gerard Lanvin), Castella's bodyguard. The two men are vastly different, but both end up having an affair of sorts with Manie, (played by Agnes Jaoui, who is also the director), a bartender that happens to sell hashish.
All these characters relate to each other, and share their ideas and problems with the spectator, that cannot help but reflect on the same issues discussed in the film, even without noticing he is doing exactly that.... Read more ›
The plot is relatively simple: a prosperous industrialist, Castella (Jean-Pierre Bacri), needs to learn English, something that he really doesn't want to do. A subordinate arranges him a meeting with Clara (Anne Alvaro), an English professor that doesn't strike Castella as overly good due to the fact that she doesn't have a specific method to teach English. However, things change when he is dragged to the theatre by his wife and witnesses Clara playing the main role in "Berenice", a drama by Racine. By a strange twist of fate, Castella falls in love with Clara, and decide to take up English classes as a way to be near her. But will that be enough, when Castella is married, and Clara is so different from him?
Besides Castella, his eccentric wife Angelique (Christiane Millet) and Clara, this film includes other stories that relate to the main one but have their own dynamic. Castella's chauffeur, Bruno Deschamps (Alain Chabat), has a girlfriend that is living in another country, and about whom he talks a lot with Franck Moreno (Gerard Lanvin), Castella's bodyguard. The two men are vastly different, but both end up having an affair of sorts with Manie, (played by Agnes Jaoui, who is also the director), a bartender that happens to sell hashish.
All these characters relate to each other, and share their ideas and problems with the spectator, that cannot help but reflect on the same issues discussed in the film, even without noticing he is doing exactly that.... Read more ›
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Fender32
"It Takes All Sorts", was added to my Amazon shopping basket on a whim, without any prior knowledge of the cast or crew, on my part. I really didn't expect much from it, as it hadn't been widely reviewed and didn't have any of the 'usual faces' in it. The first time that I watched it (about two years ago), it knocked me for six and I swore that I'd come back and watch it again, before committing to an Amazon review.
Well, tonight was the night when I went back to it, to see if it could have the same impact the second time around ... it actually went from 4 stars to 5 in my estimation, this time around!
So, why the (somewhat over-stated) adulation for this film? Simple - it makes me feel both 'human' and 'normal', in one go! OK, these are very personal criteria and you're not here to read about me, but rather to learn something about the film. My point is simply that the characters are both so astonishinlgy vividly realised and at the same time, so astonishingly 'recognizable' (in terms of human nature), that it strikes chords and nullifies the need for an especially busy plot, in one go.
Put crudely; your average 'Hollywood action film' has a ratio of 80% plot to 10% character depiction to 10% sublime marketing ploys. THIS kind of cinema focuses on presenting characters, whom a discerning (as some people found this boring, apparently) viewer can relate to and see almost every facet of human nature reflected amongst the cast. That's not to say that there's NO plot here - it's more a case of the plot being a very down to Earth and plausible one, I believe.
The film deals, primarily, with the need (which we all have) for acceptance and explores how different people go about realizing that need.... Read more ›
Well, tonight was the night when I went back to it, to see if it could have the same impact the second time around ... it actually went from 4 stars to 5 in my estimation, this time around!
So, why the (somewhat over-stated) adulation for this film? Simple - it makes me feel both 'human' and 'normal', in one go! OK, these are very personal criteria and you're not here to read about me, but rather to learn something about the film. My point is simply that the characters are both so astonishinlgy vividly realised and at the same time, so astonishingly 'recognizable' (in terms of human nature), that it strikes chords and nullifies the need for an especially busy plot, in one go.
Put crudely; your average 'Hollywood action film' has a ratio of 80% plot to 10% character depiction to 10% sublime marketing ploys. THIS kind of cinema focuses on presenting characters, whom a discerning (as some people found this boring, apparently) viewer can relate to and see almost every facet of human nature reflected amongst the cast. That's not to say that there's NO plot here - it's more a case of the plot being a very down to Earth and plausible one, I believe.
The film deals, primarily, with the need (which we all have) for acceptance and explores how different people go about realizing that need.... Read more ›
22 of 26 people found the following review helpful
This is one of the best and finest films which I have recently watched. A touching story of several ordinary people, whose lives twisted by chance on some point. They strive for love and understanding, for escaping a senseless routine, for bringing new meaning in their lives. Trying to do their best, they make awkward mistakes, misunderstand each other... It is beautifully filmed and directed, with attentive, loving and forgiving look into human nature. I watched it twice, laughing and crying at the same time, and highly recommend it to everybody. It is a gem.
44 of 53 people found the following review helpful
By Barton Keyes
Beautifully drawn characters, play out little episodes in their lives. The story is bitter-sweet, full of funny little turns and sharp dialogue (which, it has to be said, grates sometimes in translation into an over-Americanised slang).
The inter-play between the main characters is superb throughout both in spoken and unspoken ways. Many of the non-dialogue moments are absolutely crystalline in the way that they capture the empathy between the principals. No great dramatic moments or hair-raising car chases; no declaiming of stirring speeches or histrionic grand-standing. But you finish watching the film with a feeling of genuine satisfaction in having seen a finely-crafted piece of work written, directed and acted by people who knew exactly how to tell an excellent little story
The inter-play between the main characters is superb throughout both in spoken and unspoken ways. Many of the non-dialogue moments are absolutely crystalline in the way that they capture the empathy between the principals. No great dramatic moments or hair-raising car chases; no declaiming of stirring speeches or histrionic grand-standing. But you finish watching the film with a feeling of genuine satisfaction in having seen a finely-crafted piece of work written, directed and acted by people who knew exactly how to tell an excellent little story
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant, very enjoyable
Brilliant, very very enjoyable film, good plot, wonderful characters, great acting. One of the best films I have seen in a long while.
Published 4 months ago by J. Nardini
4.0 out of 5 stars
a beautifully crafted well-paced film
This film put me in such a relaxed, benevolent, generously warm mood, I'd imagine my friends would prescribe this for me to watch on a regular basis. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Biffer Spice
5.0 out of 5 stars
All in the Best Possible Taste!
Agnes Jaoui is a splendid figure in modern cinema, and the screen would be poorer without her. She has the knack of presenting human foibles and follies as they really are, within... Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2010 by Green Knight
5.0 out of 5 stars
Le Gout des Autres
A French factory owner in Rouen falls for his English teacher and leaves his wife. A whimsical. understated plot involving a number of people in several sub-plots dealing with... Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2010 by Punter
5.0 out of 5 stars
French Film
My husband and I really enjoyed watching this lovely Frebch Film, though its in French the sub titles make it quite easy to understand.Le Gout Des Autres [DVD] [2000]
Published on 20 Feb 2010 by Nina Smallbone
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Gem
It is difficult to see how this gentle comedy can rated anything other than five stars as it is an example of absolutely perfect story telling. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2010 by Ian Thumwood
2.0 out of 5 stars
What? Pardon? Sorry?
This DVD needs French subtitles. (The only subtitle option was English.) The dialogue is muttered, mumbled, half-swallowed, and necessitates switching on the subtitles which spoil... Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2009 by NorthBrit
5.0 out of 5 stars
the Lives of Others
Imagine that everything you did and said was recorded and observed by others and seen as subversive. You were one step away from imprisonment, torture and disappearance. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2009 by Ms. M. M. L. Packwood
1.0 out of 5 stars
A complete bore
Compared to the other reviews here, I must be on another planet. This film is utterly tedious and a waste of time. I cannot believe it was nominated for an Oscar !
Published on 30 Aug 2008 by Simon C. Fraser
4.0 out of 5 stars
Really enjoyable
A nice film - interwoven characters and stories, a little poignant, a little drole, a little nasty - a little of everything. A good watch!
Published on 22 Mar 2008 by lazylinguist
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