21 Apr 2023
The Village
In a once-scenic village now dominated by a vast trash disposal site, a young man yearns to break free from a cruel fate tying him to the very grounds.
Umami
Food is symbolic of talk when the words are missing.
Following a near-death experience France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flavor that has confounded his life since he was defeated by a Japanese chef's bowl of noodles as a young man.
Top Billed Cast
Gérard Depardieu Gabriel
Sandrine Bonnaire Louise
長塚京三 Tetsuichi Morita
Rod Paradot Nino
Bastien Bouillon Jean
Eriko Takeda Fumi Morita
SUMIRE Mai Morita
柄本明 Salaryman
Antoine Duléry Robert
Zinedine Soualem Mohamad
Pierre Richard Rufus
YOU Noriko
小泉今日子 Taya
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