Umami

Feb 9, 2023

1h 32m

★ 5.7

Food is symbolic of talk when the words are missing.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Nompareille Productions

Sunny Side Up Films

Zinc

Umami Trailers

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Cast

Gabriel

Gérard Depardieu

Louise

Sandrine Bonnaire

Tetsuichi Morita

Kyōzō Nagatsuka

Nino

Rod Paradot

Jean

Bastien Bouillon

Fumi Morita

Eriko Takeda

Mai Morita

Sumire

Salaryman

Akira Emoto

Robert

Antoine Duléry

Mohamad

Zinedine Soualem

Rufus

Pierre Richard

Noriko

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