Le goût des autres

The Taste of Others is a charming realistic drama about finding one's taste and not least about finding one's own identity.

The blustering, bulldozing businessman and factory owner Castella becomes hugely smitten with his new English teacher Clara, who also turns out to be a talented actress. He pursues her openly, but Clara is not at all enthusiastic about the ignorant and uncultivated admirer, who makes a fool of himself again and again in her bohemian circle of friends. That Castella falls in love with Clara is hardly surprising, for his stay-at-home wife Angelique is a pain. There is always something wrong, and on top of that she has decorated the home in a way that would make even Laura Ashley throw up. The encounter with Clara brings about several changes in Castella's life. Among other things, he realises how tasteless his home is!

In parallel we follow Castella's two bodyguards, Deschamps and Moreno, who both have an affair with the waitress Manie, played by the director herself.

A funny and wise film with such nuanced characterisation that you cannot help feeling sympathy for each and every one of the characters.