It highlights the snobbery of the "intellectual" class toward the "uncultured" wealthy, as well as Castella’s own initial narrow-mindedness.
The Taste of Others (Le goût des autres); Review by Robert Pruter The Taste of Others(2000)
Obsessed with her, he restarts his English lessons to be near her and attempts to integrate into her sophisticated, bohemian circle of artistic friends. It highlights the snobbery of the "intellectual" class
(French: Le Goût des autres ) is a critically acclaimed 2000 French comedy of manners that explores the social and cultural divides between disparate groups of people in a provincial French town. It marked the directorial debut of Agnès Jaoui, who co-wrote the screenplay with her longtime collaborator and partner Jean-Pierre Bacri. Plot Overview It marked the directorial debut of Agnès Jaoui,
The film follows Jean-Jacques Castella, a successful but unrefined businessman who is bored with his life and his wife’s "frou-frou" interior decorating. His world changes when he is reluctantly dragged to a local performance of Racine’s tragedy Bérénice .
The story focuses on how a "little taste of someone else's very different life" can spark personal growth and greater self-awareness. Main Cast