A Mumbai family leaves political duress in the homeland, migrates in a van to rural France, and mingles ethnic spices with haute cuisine across an embattled country road. This could be the recipe for a hokey immigration fable, but in director Lasse Hallstrom’s able hands, and with a cast led by the formidable Helen Mirren and Om Puri, The Hundred Foot Journey is the summer’s tastiest movie.
What can you eat after two hours of watching the reinvention of béchamel with cardamom and coriander? The Monkey Bar after party featured a buffet with chicken tikki and basmati rice, and producers Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, joined the cast, as did Taylor Hackford, Lena Olin, and song man Michael Feinberg who assured us his cabaret venue, erstwhile at the Regency, will be revived in the fall on Broadway.
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