Can passion have a taste? Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung ("Rykszarz" [The Rickshaw Driver], "The Scent of Green Papaya") proves that it definitely does! "Bouillon and Other Passions" (award for directing at the Cannes festival) draws you into the world of excellent French cuisine, but above all it sensually shows that through dishes, flavors and aromas you can express the deepest feelings. The heroes of the film set in the second half of the 19th century are the excellent cook Eugénie (Juliette Binoche) and the famous gourmet, gastronome Dodin (Benoît Magimel). For 20 years they have been cooking together, creating recipes and throwing great parties. They communicate with each other mainly through dishes, preparing wonderful broths, sauces, quail, turbot, vegetables from their own garden and spectacular desserts. The world they create together helps them survive the most difficult moments in life, and their relationship evolves over the years. Tran Anh Hung, loosely basing the screenplay on the novel by Marcel Rouff and inspired by the real-life figure of Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, combines romance with poetic culinary cinema. He proves also that cinema can convey the extraordinary taste and aroma of dishes, so that the viewer can enjoy every shot. Pierre Gagnaire, a famous French chef, is responsible for the culinary setting of "Bouillon and Other Passions". Not since "Babette's Feast" has there been such a delicious film in cinemas. Bon appétit!