Movie

The Taste of Things

2023 · 135 min

A slow, sensory immersion in food and quiet love, warm and intimate, then quietly devastating.

Tagline: Savor every moment.
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, romantic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Love, grief, family, work
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
grief
family
work
death
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild