The Hundred-Foot Journey

The screening on Wednesday 24 September at 2.30pm is Silver Screen.
The screening on Tuesday 23 September at 8.30pm is food free.

Director: Lasse Hallström

Cast:  Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal, Charlotte Lebon, Rohan Chand, Juhi Chawla, Amit Shah, Michel Blanc

Displaced from their native India by sectarian conflict, Papa Kadam (the legendary Om Puri) and his family take their epicurean passions to a picturesque French town, where they turn a derelict roadhouse into a traditional Indian eatery, Maison Mumbai.

Trouble is, right across the road is a posh, Michelin-starred restaurant run by Madame Mallory (an imperious Helen Mirren), whose efforts to stymie their business eventually turn nasty.

But meanwhile her sous-chef, Marguerite (Le Bon), is falling for the Kadam family’s star cook, Hassan (Dayal). As the two factions traverse the strip of tarmac that separates them, their social, cultural and indeed romantic divisions gradually fade, to sometimes surprising ends.

Rather like his Chocolat, Hallström’s sensuously photographed film is as much foodie-porn as engagingly off-beat romantic drama.