Umami-no Tabi (2022)
- Original title
- Umami no Tabi
- Directed by
- Slony Sow
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- France, Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 36 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A French chef travels to Japan to confront a rival who beat him in a competition years ago. He reconnects with his past while exploring Japanese food culture.
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What happens
Umami is a 2022 French-Japanese film starring Gérard Depardieu as a French chef who travels to Japan to find a rival chef who once defeated him in a prestigious competition. It was written and directed by French director Slony Sow and filmed during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hokkaido, Japan (February 2020) and the Loire region in France (June 2020) after physical production was halted in France in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Due to the closure of cinemas during the pandemic, the film's commercial theatrical release was delayed until February 2023. The film was shown in festivals and released worldwide in its original version of 103 minutes except in France where a shorter version (92 minutes) was reviewed and released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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