Top billed cast

1. 

   Benoît Magimel

   Dodin Bouffant

2. 

   Juliette Binoche

   Eugénie

3. 

   Patrick d'Assumçao

   Grimaud

4. 

   Emmanuel Salinger

   Rabaz

5. 

   Jan Hammenecker

   Magot

6. 

   Frédéric Fisbach

   Beaubois

7. 

   Galatea Bellugi

   Violette

8. 

   Pierre Gagnaire

   Küchenchef des Prinzen

9. 

   Bonnie Chagneau-Ravoire

   Pauline

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Reviews

A review by badelf

Written by badelf on 2026-06-08

There's a club of truly great food films, the ones that understand cuisine as metaphor, as love language, as cultural memory: Eat Drink Man Woman, Ratatouille, Tampopo, Big Night, Like Water for Chocolate, and Fried Green Tomatoes, just to name some tenured films. La Passion de Dodin Bouffant aspires to join their ranks, and while it certainly looks the part, it arrives with a script that has, ironically, no meat on its bones.

This is a visually sumptuous film. The period piece tonal quality is exquisitely accomplished; the kitchen scenes glow with warm, amber light, each dish prepared with...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$6,500,000.00

Revenue
$5,970,753.00

Keywords

• affectation
• french cuisine
• intimate