Director Tran Anh Hung works on the set of a film about the romance between a chef and a gourmet. (Photo: VOV)
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The film is adapted from Marcel Rouff’s 1924 novel “La vie et la Passion d Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet”, about a romance in 1885 between a chef, starring Juliette Binoche, and a gourmet, starring Benoit Magimel.
“The Passion of Dodin Bouffant” was shot from April to May 2022 at Segré-en-Anjou Bleu castle in Maine-et-Loire, France.
Director Tran Anh Hung is known for his movies produced in Vietnam, including The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), Cyclo (1995), and The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000).
The 76th Cannes Film Festival will run from May 16 to 27.