La passion de Dodi Bouffant/Taste of Things (2023) - Tran
Sumptuous filmmaking for food lovers. Tran Anh Hung pleases the senses with always moving camera, capturing delectable food preparations with very handsome couple Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel, who were in relationship in real life. They obviously have a good chemistry together. The terminal illness plot aside, Taste of Things is about passion and passion for food that transcends love. Tran seems to be settling in for more soft-edged, traditional, French costume dramas, akin to Scent of Green Papaya, his Vietnam set debut. I'm not complaining, since he seldomly makes films and I welcome all his gorgeous offerings. But still, I'd love to see a spark in his filmmaking again, once displayed in Cyclo (1995) and I Come with the Rain (2009) and even in his Haruki Murakami adaptation of Norwegian Wood (2010).
