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Title: The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Helen Mirren | ... | Madame Mallory | |
| Om Puri | ... | Papa | |
| Manish Dayal | ... | Hassan | |
| Charlotte Le Bon | ... | Marguerite | |
| Amit Shah | ... | Mansur | |
| Farzana Dua Elahe | ... | Mahira | |
| Dillon Mitra | ... | Mukthar | |
| Aria Pandya | ... | Aisha | |
| Michel Blanc | ... | Mayor | |
| Clément Sibony | ... | Jean-Pierre | |
| Vincent Elbaz | ... | Paul | |
| Juhi Chawla | ... | Mama | |
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Alban Aumard | ... | Marcel |
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Shuna Lemoine | ... | Mayor's Wife |
| Antoine Blanquefort | ... | Thomas | |
The family of talented cook, Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal), has a life filled with both culinary delights and profound loss. Drifting through Europe after fleeing political violence in India that killed the family restaurant business and their mother, the Kadams arrive in France. Once there, a chance auto accident and the kindness of a young woman, Marguerite (Charlotte Le Bon), in the village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val inspires Papa Kadam (Om Puri) to set up a Indian restaurant there. Unfortunately, this puts the Kadams in direct competition with the snobbish Madame Mallory's acclaimed haute cuisine establishment across the street where Marguerite also works as a sous-chef. The resulting rivalry eventually escalates in personal intensity until it goes too far. In response, there is a bridging of sides initiated by Hassan, Marguerite, and Madame Mallory (Dame Helen Mirren), both professional and personal, that encourages an understanding that will change both sides forever. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
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The movie is titled "A Hundred Foot Journey", and it's not just the protagonists in the movie who will embark on a journey, but so will you, the moviegoer. You will laugh, you will smile, you will wonder, and you will be immersed in the surroundings of a picturesque small town in the mountains of France where two beautiful (and delicious!) cultures clash, mingle, and eventually harmonize. In short, you will view a Hollywood – Bollywood fusion that is done so well that you will ask for more.
The movie weaves in light-hearted humor throughout, yet honestly depicts the awkwardness and tension between the newly arrived Indian family and the local French townspeople. The struggles faced by the Indian diaspora, so prevalent in Bollywood today, is explored with sincerity and comedy. Helen Mirren was great, but for me the star was Om Puri, who pulled off the role of an immigrant father to perfection. Having grown up with an Indian father abroad, I know that the struggle of adjusting to a new country while holding dearly to your values and culture is not an easy one, and often results in a complicated mix of motives, values and ideals in those individuals. Yet Om Puri strikes a perfect note. His lines are probably the most memorable in the movie.
To summarize, the movie is a must watch!