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Helen Mirren | ... | ||
Om Puri | ... | ||
Manish Dayal | ... | ||
Charlotte Le Bon | ... | ||
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Amit Shah | ... | |
Farzana Dua Elahe | ... |
Mahira
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Dillon Mitra | ... | ||
Aria Pandya | ... | ||
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Michel Blanc | ... |
Mayor
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Clément Sibony | ... |
Jean-Pierre
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Vincent Elbaz | ... |
Paul
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Juhi Chawla | ... |
Mama
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Alban Aumard | ... |
Marcel
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Shuna Lemoine | ... |
Mayor's Wife
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Antoine Blanquefort | ... |
Thomas
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The family of talented cook, Hassan Kadam, has a life filled with both culinary delights and profound loss. Drifting through Europe after fleeing political violence in India that killed the family restaurant business and their mother, the Kadams arrive in France. Once there, a chance auto accident and the kindness of a young woman, Marguerite, in the village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val inspires Papa Kadam to set up a Indian restaurant there. Unfortunately, this puts the Kadams in direct competition with the snobbish Madame Mallory's acclaimed haute cuisine establishment across the street where Marguerite also works as a sous-chef. The resulting rivalry eventually escalates in personal intensity until it goes too far. In response, there is a bridging of sides initiated by Hassan, Marguerite and Madame Mallory herself, both professional and personal, that encourages an understanding that will change both sides forever. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
The only thing which bothered me a little bit about this movie was that the restaurant owner of a French restaurant somewhere in the countryside is played by an English actress. And I love Helen Mirren. There are some weird language situations which do not make sense. Otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed this little comedy about two of my favorite foods. I could not decide on which side of the street I wanted to eat.
As a senior citizen myself I am always happy when a movie is carried by people my age. And boy do Helen Mirren and Om Puri carry this movie. If you want to spend pleasant two hours in the company of entertaining people and pictures of delicious food, you will have a good time seeing this movie.