The Hundred-Foot Journey
2014 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant. Displaced from their native India, the Kadam family, led by Papa (Om Puri), settles in the quaint village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val in the south of France. Filled with charm, it is both picturesque and elegant – the ideal place to settle down and open an Indian restaurant, the Maison Mumbai. That is, until the chilly chef proprietress of Le Saule Pleureur, a Michelin starred, classical French restaurant run by Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren), gets wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restaurant a hundred feet from her own escalate to all out war between the two establishments – until Hassan’s passion for French haute cuisine and for Mme. Mallory’s enchanting sous chef, Marguerite (Charlotte Le Bon), combine with his mysteriously delicious talent to weave magic between their two cultures and imbue Saint-Antonin with the flavors of life that even Mme. Mallory cannot ignore. At first Mme. Mallory's culinary rival, she eventually recognizes Hassan's gift as a chef and takes him under her wing.
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Helen Mirren · Manish Dayal · Charlotte Le Bon · Juhi Chawla · Om Puri · Rohan Chand · Amit Shah · Dillon Mitra · Farzana Dua Elahe · Malcolm Granath · Sanjay Sharma · Michel Blanc
Soundtrack A.R. Rahman
Screenplay Steven Knight · Richard C. Morais
Cinematography Linus Sandgren
Original title The Hundred-Foot Journey
6.1
7K votes (FilmAffinity)
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