In September 2023, The Film By the Sea Festival in Vlissingen focused on French cinema, and on literary book adaptations. With Trần Anh Hùng's The Taste of Things they scored a double-whammy, as it falls in both categories. A loose adaptation of Marcel Rouff's 1924 novel La Vie et la Passion de Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet, The Taste of Things is a surprisingly enjoyable film, a veritable highlight of cinema this year. Director Trần Anh Hùng makes peculiar films, but he makes them well. The famous Japanese writer Murakami stated that Trần was the only director allowed to adapt his novel Norwegian Wood, and Trần's latest, The Taste of Things, even won the 'Best Director' award in Cannes this year. And no wonder, as while its story...
THE TASTE OF THINGS Review: You Will Get Hungry!
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In September 2023, The Film By the Sea Festival in Vlissingen focused on French cinema, and on literary book adaptations. With Trần Anh Hùng's The Taste of Things they scored a double-whammy, as it falls in both categories. A loose adaptation of Marcel Rouff's 1924 novel La Vie et la Passion de Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet, The Taste of Things is a surprisingly enjoyable film, a veritable highlight of cinema this year. Director Trần Anh Hùng makes peculiar films, but he makes them well. The famous Japanese writer Murakami stated that Trần was the only director allowed to adapt his novel Norwegian Wood, and Trần's latest, The Taste of Things, even won the 'Best Director' award in Cannes this year. And no wonder, as while its story...
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