Directed by:
Slony SowScreenplay:
Slony SowCast:
Gérard Depardieu, 長塚京三, Pierre Richard, Rod Paradot, Sandrine Bonnaire, Eriko Takeda, Akira Emoto, Bastien Bouillon, Zinedine Soualem, Kyōko Koizumi (more)Plots(1)
Gabriel Carvin, a celebrated chef from Saumur, is given his 3rd crystal star by a restaurant critic. That same evening his wife, Louise, leaves him. This sudden separation triggers a family crisis. For Gabriel the overload goes straight to his heart. He has a heart attack, which means that this overactive chef is going to have to stay away from the cooking pots. This much needed break may enable him to find another passion. To get a change of scene, he goes to Japan so that he can once again enjoy the simple pleasures of friendship and try to discover the mysteries of umami, the fifth taste. (Seminci - Valladolid International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Gérard Depardieu
France
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Shut Up! (2003)
長塚京三
Japan
Best movies:
To You (2012)
Samurai Resurrection (2003)
Chinese in Paris (1974)
Pierre Richard
France
Best movies:
The Fugitives (1986)
La Moutarde me monte au nez (1974)
Trop c'est trop (1975)
Rod Paradot
Best movies:
Luna (2017)
Vaincre ou mourir (2022)
Lost Bullet (2020)
Sandrine Bonnaire
France
Best movies:
East/West (1999)
Happening (2021)
La Cérémonie (1995)
Eriko Takeda
Best movies:
2 automnes 3 hivers (2013)
Microbe & Gasoline (2015)
Eden Log (2007)
Akira Emoto
Japan
Best movies:
Natsu no niwa - The Friends (1994)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Lakeside Murder Case (2004)
Bastien Bouillon
Best movies:
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (2024)
2 automnes 3 hivers (2013)
Le Mystère Henri Pick (2019)
Zinedine Soualem
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
La Haine (1995)
Roman de Gare (2007)
Kyōko Koizumi
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Tokyo Sonata (2008)
Hanging Garden (2005)
Antoine Duléry
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1995)
Edmond (2018)
Jean-Philippe (2006)
Assa Sylla
Best movies:
Girlhood (2014)
The Visitor from the Future (2022)
The Last Mercenary (2021)
Alexander Schuster
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Memoir of War (2017)
Marceau Ebersolt
Best movies:
Arthur Malediction (2022)