The Taste of Others (2000)

Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella reluctantly attends Racine's tragedy "Berenice" in order to see his niece play a bit part. He is taken with the play's strangely familiar-looking leading lady Clara Devaux. During the course of the show, Castella soon remembers that he once hired and then promptly fired the actress as an English language tutor. He immediately goes out and signs up for language lessons. Thinking that he is nothing but an ill-tempered philistine with bad taste, Clara rejects him until Castella charms her off her feet.

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance

What to watch after The Taste of Others

• The Spanish Apartment (2002) — Same feel: intimate, optimistic
• Molière (2007) — Two steps away in the credits
• Family Resemblances (1996) — Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri wrote for both
• Look at Me (2004) — Agnès Jaoui directed both
• The Taste of Things (2023) — Same feel: reflective, intimate
• Back to Burgundy (2017) — Same feel: reflective, optimistic