Laura Winters on New York Times, in 2001 dedicates a beautiful portrait to Agnes Jaoui with contributions by Jean-Pierre Bacri, Pierre Arditi, Cedric Klapisch:
FILM; Now a Triple Threat, With Her Tale of Love and Class
By LAURA WINTERS
Published: February 04, 2001
ONE night in a small French city, a gloomy, middle-aged, provincial businessman who has no interest in culture is dragged to the local theater by his brittle wife. The tycoon finds himself falling head-over-heels for the star of the production, a 40-year-old struggling actress who can't comprehend his sudden attentions, let alone return them.
So begins ''The Taste of Others'' (''Le Goût des Autres''), Agnès Jaoui's directorial debut, a film that explores with devastating accuracy the insularities and suspicions that can exist between people of different social spheres. At the same time, the film's sly lesson is that change and enlightenment can occur suddenly in even the most calcified person.
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