This is the first film from writer-director Anh Hung Tron since 2016, and he has adapted the popular novel, “The Passionate Epicure” by Marcel Rouff. Oscar Winner Juliette Binoche portrays Eug...

This is the first film from writer-director Anh Hung Tron since 2016, and he has adapted the popular novel, “The Passionate Epicure” by Marcel Rouff. Oscar Winner Juliette Binoche portrays Eugenie, the cook to gourmet chef Dodin, played by Benoit Magimel. As the film progresses, we learn Dodin has proposed marriage to Eugenie many times over the years. She has always turned him down, choosing instead their kitchen partnership as well as occasional evening soirees in her room (when the door is unlocked). This arrangement works for her and has made him famous in the culinary world. Love and respect exists between the two, and he worries about her too-frequent fainting spells and light-hearted moments. Their conversation one evening after work tells us all we (and they) need to know. This is a film, and these are performances, meant to be savored every bit as much as the dishes we see prepared and the garden Eugenie tends.

This is the first film from writer-director Anh Hung Tron since 2016, and he has adapted the popular novel, “The Passionate Epicure” by Marcel Rouff. Oscar Winner Juliette Binoche portrays Eug...

This is the first film from writer-director Anh Hung Tron since 2016, and he has adapted the popular novel, “The Passionate Epicure” by Marcel Rouff. Oscar Winner Juliette Binoche portrays Eugenie, the cook to gourmet chef Dodin, played by Benoit Magimel. As the film progresses, we learn Dodin has proposed marriage to Eugenie many times over the years. She has always turned him down, choosing instead their kitchen partnership as well as occasional evening soirees in her room (when the door is unlocked). This arrangement works for her and has made him famous in the culinary world. Love and respect exists between the two, and he worries about her too-frequent fainting spells and light-hearted moments. Their conversation one evening after work tells us all we (and they) need to know. This is a film, and these are performances, meant to be savored every bit as much as the dishes we see prepared and the garden Eugenie tends.