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The Pot-au-Feu (French: La Passion de Dodin Bouffant, lit. ’The Passion of Dodin Bouffant’), released in the United States as The Taste of Things, is a 2023 French historical romantic drama film written and directed by Trần Anh Hùng starring Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel. Set in 1885, the film depicts a romance between a cook and the gourmet she works for. The character of the gourmet is based on Dodin-Bouffant created by Marcel Rouff in his novel La Vie et la passion de Dodin-Bouffant, gourmet (The Passionate Epicure).

The film premiered on 24 May 2023 at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, and was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or in its main competition section, where Tran Anh Hung won the Best Director award. It is scheduled to be released in France on 8 November 2023. The film was chosen as the French entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.

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