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The Hundred-Foot Journey

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7.3/10 • 1.5K

2014-08-062h 2m

DramaComedy

Life's greatest journey begins with the first step.

A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.

Directors
Lasse Hallström
Editors
Andrew Mondshein

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  1. Helen Mirren

    Helen Mirren

    Madam Mallory

  2. Manish Dayal

    Manish Dayal

    Hassan

  3. Om Puri

    Om Puri

    Papa

  4. Charlotte Le Bon

    Charlotte Le Bon

    Marguerite

  5. Rohan Chand

    Rohan Chand

    Young Hassan

  6. Juhi Chawla Mehta

    Juhi Chawla Mehta

    Mama

  7. Farzana Dua Elahe

    Farzana Dua Elahe

    Mahira

  8. Dillon Mitra

    Dillon Mitra

    Mukthar Kadam

  9. Amit Shah

    Amit Shah

    Mansur

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CinemaSerf

Feb 10, 2024

7/10

Om Puri and his family are forced from their home in India by violence and briefly come to London before moving to a rural French community where he discovers a derelict old building situated opposite a Michelin-starred restaurant. Their first visit to the ruin is not auspicious. Their new neighbour "Mme. Mallory" (Dame Helen Mirren) is profoundly disapproving of what she clearly thinks will lower the tone, but he couldn't care less, buys the place and after a refurbishment is ready for opening night. Meantime, his talented and rather dashing son "Hassan" (Manish Dayal) plays a much more diplomatic game and befriends her employee "Marguerite" (Charlotte Le Bon). She lends him a few books on French cuisine and he starts to experiment. The remainder of the story is entirely predictable, but the writers have invested some time in building some likeable characters whilst incorporating some bloody-mindedness, gentle stereotyping and some sentimentality as we see it's not just the cuisines that can fuse effectively. Dame Helen looks like she's having some fun here and has a genuinely engaging rapport with an on-form Puri - their battle of the curmudgeons is quite entertaining and I did pity the poor old mayor (Michel Blanc), even if he did seem to get a great deal of delicious free food. Dayal also brings a bit of charm to his role and the whole film has exactly the same feel-good factor to it as you'd feel after a fine meal with a decent claret.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$22,000,000.00
Revenue
$89,500,000.00
Keywords
francebased on novel or bookrestaurantfamilyfrench cuisineindian cuisine