Underplayed Gems

The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

The Hundred-Foot Journey poster
Directed by
Lasse Hallström
Genre
comedy film, comedy drama
Country
India, United States
Runtime
2h 02m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 1,560 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An Indian family moves to a French village and opens a restaurant across from a Michelin-starred French establishment. The two chefs clash at first, but eventually learn to respect each other's cooking and cultures.

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What happens

The Hundred-Foot Journey is a 2014 comedy drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and written by Steven Knight, adapted from Richard C. Morais's novel of the same name. Starring Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal, and Charlotte Le Bon, it's about a battle in a French village between two restaurants that are directly across the street from each other: a new Indian restaurant owned by an Indian emigrant family and an established French restaurant with a Michelin star owned by a French woman. Produced by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey for DreamWorks Pictures through their respective production companies, Amblin Entertainment and Harpo Films (first relaunch film), in association with Participant Media and Reliance Entertainment, the film was released by Touchstone Pictures on August 8, 2014, and grossed $90.4 million at the worldwide box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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