Product Details

• Actors: Artus de Penguern, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Anne-Marie Philipe
• Directors: Bernard Rapp
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: French
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Synkronized USA
• DVD Release Date: May 13, 2008
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0013D8LXG
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #110,294 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Frédéric Delamont is an industrial magnate in his fifties. He is at the peak of his success, refined, original and phobic. He meets Nicolas Rivière, a young man, prone to odd jobs and adversity. Frédéric offers Nicolas a large salary to become his personal food taster. That which started as a light, unusual gastronomic adventure, will soon reveal itself to be a much more dangerous game for both men.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fascinating Film, February 16, 2009

By	Amos Lassen (Little Rock, Arkansas) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

"A Matter of Taste"

A Fascinating Film

Amos Lassen

There is something about a French film. The French seem to know how to make an audience think and that is certainly true if "A Matter of Taste". Nicholas, a young waiter, at a first class restaurant is spotted by millionaire, Frederic Delamont, who offers him a job to be his taster. It is Nicholas's job to taste all the food that his boss is to eat especially since he can't eat fish or cheese. The relationship between the two men, however, deepens as Delamont begins to obsess about Nicholas and tries to control his life and begins to give him all kinds of gifts. Nicholas has no idea what is really going on as he is being manipulated by his employer. At first it is merely an issue of money but as things progress, Nicholas falls prey to Delamont even though his relationship with his girlfriend is being destroyed.
The film is a psychological study of identity and power which falls into madness to a degree as Delamont tries to mold Nicholas to be just like him. Delamont is a dark person who seems to exude an unhealthy presence but he tries to cover that up with wealth and power. He was not looking for a taster but rather for someone that he could control for his own pleasure. He is a finely drawn character as opposed to Nicholas who appears at first to be in total control of himself but who bends in the face of authority. He does not come across as a realistic character and he seems to ride along with the plot. He even stays with his boss after he is given a case of food poisoning.
The quality of the film is excellent--the cinematography is crystal clear. The story was created by Bernard Rapp and his direction is fine.
As Delamont, Bernard Giraudeau is excellent and the way he exercises control over Nicholas is totally believable. This is an unconventional movie with an excellent script and good actin