France Selects ‘The Taste of Things’ for Oscars’ International Feature Film Race
variety.comThe Taste of Things” over “Anatomy of a Fall,” Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winning film, to represent the country in the international feature film race. “The Taste of Things” (previously titled “The Pot-au-Feu”) won best director at Cannes for French-Vietnamese filmmaker Trần Anh Hùng.
Starring Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel, the period movie was bought by IFC Films and Sapan Studios. “Anatomy of a Fall,” meanwhile, was acquired by Neon, the Oscar-maker behind “Parasite,” at Cannes.
The movie has been thriving at the French box office with approximately 8 million grossed from nearly 1 million admissions. It’s one of the biggest B.O.
scores for a Palme d’Or winning film in France in years. Neon will release “Anatomy of a Fall” in the U.S. on Oct. 13 and is still committed to giving it a full Oscar push.
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