The film also interweaves the lives of Castella’s chauffeur, Bruno, and his temporary bodyguard, Franck, who both become entangled with Manie, a free-spirited barmaid and casual drug dealer. Key Themes

The film follows Jean-Jacques Castella, a successful but unrefined businessman who is bored with his life and his wife’s "frou-frou" interior decorating. His world changes when he is reluctantly dragged to a local performance of Racine’s tragedy Bérénice .

The central theme explores how social class and cultural "taste"—what people read, watch, or eat—serve as barriers to human connection.

Castella is moved to tears by the lead actress, Clara, whom he recognizes as a woman he recently dismissed as a potential English tutor.

Obsessed with her, he restarts his English lessons to be near her and attempts to integrate into her sophisticated, bohemian circle of artistic friends.

(French: Le Goût des autres ) is a critically acclaimed 2000 French comedy of manners that explores the social and cultural divides between disparate groups of people in a provincial French town. It marked the directorial debut of Agnès Jaoui, who co-wrote the screenplay with her longtime collaborator and partner Jean-Pierre Bacri. Plot Overview