The Taste of Others

• Anne Alvaro: Clara
• Jean -Pierre Bacri: Castella
• Alain Chabat: Bruno Deschamps
• Agnès Jaoui: mania
• Gérard Lanvin: Franck Moreno

Other fancy ( original title: Le goût des autres ) is a French film by director Agnès Jaoui from the year 2000.

Action

The French Industrial Castella wants to conclude a contract with Iranian businessmen. For this he works with Weber, a young management consultant with a university degree, the Castella not accepted. In addition, Castella is accompanied at the time of conclusion of the contract for insurance reasons of the bodyguard Franck.

As Castella with his wife watching a play, he falls in love with the actress Clara, which gives him as ancillary to his acting teaching English. He studied in his spare time and again to contact her, but occurs again and again in their circle of friends of actors and artists in my foot.

Bruno, castellas driver, sleeping with the waitress mania, even though he has a girlfriend who did an internship for six months in the United States. Shortly afterwards, he receives a letter from her in which she confesses to be unfaithful. Franck, castellas bodyguard learns about Bruno also know mania and the two begin an affair. You kids always know when Franck's job at Castella is over, contract and get married. Bruno learns along the way, that his girlfriend wants to stay in the United States.

Castella Clara confesses in an English poem his feelings. She tells him that she can not return them, after which it no longer appears to class. He buys from a friend Clara's a work of art and they feared that he does so only to make an impression on them. She confronts him and he is shocked that she does not believe him, that he bought the painting as it pleases him. Weber submits his resignation because Castella can not seem to accept that he when he comes from a different background. Castella realizes that he has made ​​a mistake and asks him to reconsider his decision.

When his contract ends after the contract, Franck traveling to mania. However, at the doorway he stops, turns around and drives away. Castella separates from his wife. Clara invites him to the premiere of her new theater piece and is pleased that it appears.

Reviews

• The lexicon of international film called fancy other than a " [ d] ialogreiche social comedy that entertains pleasantly light and proves to be unobtrusive intellectual study of the constraints and opportunities of life. "
• Epd film notes, the authors attacked the absurd sides of today's urban life, frustrations and neuroses ticks of modern existence, and use it for comedic templates with a high recognition value. Quite Vody Allen comparable, they connect in your dialogues casual wit and intelligence ...

Awards

Desire for one got the 2000 European Film Award for Best Screenplay. 2001, the film was nominated in seven categories for the César and was in four of them, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor ( Gérard Lanvin for ), Best Supporting Actress ( Anne Alvaro ) and Best Screenplay Award.