The Scent Of Passion Episode 1 English Subtitles

[Brian Bezdicek]

Thenew film from acclaimed director Anh Hung Tran (The Scent of Green Papaya) is a delectable tale of culinary passion and simmering romance starring Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche (The English Patient). Set in France in 1889, the film follows the life of Dodin Bouffant (Benot Magime, The Piano Teacher), a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugnie (Binoche). They share a long history of gastronomy and love, but the reluctant Eugnie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her. Filled with mouthwatering cooking scenes and a deliciously French intermingling of food and love, The Taste of Things was the winner of the Best Director award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. (Dir. by Tran Anh Hung, 2023, France/Belgium, in French with English subtitles, 145 mins., Rated PG-13)

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When a docile office worker in her thirties learns she only has six months to live, she quits her job to spend her final days traveling abroad and living her dreams. On a trip to Japan, she falls in love with a man who joins her in living out her last adventures.

The moment stays with her, and at home even the ticking clock on her nightstand starts to take on an irritating power, as she starts to envision it ticking faster and faster and taking precious seconds off her life.

Hee-joo congratulates Eun-seok on his impressive tango, as does the entire hospital, now that they know the stony-faced doctor moonlights as a latin lover. Who knew a little tango could go such a long way?

Mom gets suspicious when she sees Hye-won crying yet again, and Yeon-jae tells her the news. Once Hye-won leaves Mom blows up at Yeon-jae for being the last to be married, wondering how she can just be happy for her friend with no recourse for her own dead-end life.

Hye-won tries on a wedding dress and Yeon-jae looks up at her happily, but with mixed emotions fighting beneath the surface. When Hye-won gets a call from hubby-to-be and has to run off, Yeon-jae starts to walk away, but then stops in front of the window.

She grabs her half of the plant she gave to Ji-wook and shatters it on the ground, and knocks down the rest of the plants along with it. She goes straight for the kitchen sink and starts gulping down soju straight out of the bottle, desperate to numb the raging anger and heartache.

Meanwhile Eun-seok gets an invitation to dinner from the chief of staff, who was impressed with his tango and wants to thank Yeon-jae for giving other patients hope. He calls but Mom picks up her phone instead.

Ji-wook runs out to do the same, and finds her at the Han River, sitting there in the place where he proposed and got rejected. He walks toward her, but then he remembers her pleas that he not be around to watch her die.

Eun-seok brings her home, and Mom wonders what the hell is going on with her, but Hye-won intervenes and takes her to her room. Mom does get distracted long enough by the presence of Eun-seok, and walks him out.

She turns to see Ji-wook arriving, and they stare for a charged moment, until Yeon-jae walks into the room. He steals glances at her throughout the entire ceremony, which she watches in a mix of happiness and utter despair.

There are worse things than death, and this might be the predicament in which Kang Ji Wook finds himself at present. Just as his love for Lee Yeon Jae reached its full-blown stage, she brutally broke up with him. (As he pointed out, the timing was most cruel.) Obsessed and unable to let go, he managed to make things far worse for him by uncovering her cancer in the ugliest possible way. Yet, it is too late for him to pretend that he never knew her. The upshot of Episodes 11 and 12 is that, in the end, he is damned whether she remains in love with him or not, and whether they are together or not. For him, the purgatory has already arrived, and she is not even dead yet. At this point, I can see why he might prefer death.

Moreover, upon realizing that death will liberate her from all consequences of her actions but not him from his eternal misery, what does she do? Her way out of taking any responsibility for the terrible tragedy she has unleashed upon him is to break up in a hurry under false pretense and hope for the best. Wrong again! It is too late for him to forget her and the damage is already done.

At first, my answer was no, and not because of the disparity between their socio-economic status or age. Both were new to dating and totally ignorant of arts of love. Despite his good looks, he possessed numerous traits that made him a boyfriend from hell. She was mainly attracted to his looks and status, as one might objectify a Ferrari. When they met by accident in Okinawa, both were flawed, needy and seriously deficient. At best, they were attracted to, and intrigued by, what the other had. Sure, they would learn some valuable life lessons from what is first love for both, but the novelty seemed certain to wear off sooner or later.

Dominique, you comment totally explained why my heart ached much more whenever I see Ji Wook than when I see Yeon Jae. Yeon Jae needs to stop playing victim and prove that she is worthy of the love from Ji Wook!

Yeon Jae has her hands full coming to terms with the fact that she is very likely dying of cancer. She's working through a process of grief and at times she may be selfish, she may self-victimize, she may be emotional, she may be harsh or distant... Really, she's entitled to play any role she wants at this point (to the exclusion of, you know, becoming a serial killer or something) and doesn't need to prove anything to anyone.

I don't think the scriptwriters are foolish enough to let both leads die, but this is enough schocker for YJ to realize that she needs to live while she's alive, coz there are people who appreciate her and are willing to die for her...pls let this be the last slump before her death, or i'll join the picket with girlfriday!!!!!

I completely agree with your response, Dominique! Yeon-jae tried to get away from Ji-wook many times after she found out that he was to be engaged/married, but he always came back to find her. Perhaps she did not tell him that she knew him and her condition in Japan, but seriously, who makes friendly and hangs out with someone new abroad for a few days and tell that person that she actually has terminal cancer? And being friendly and traveling together for a few days considered seducing? :

But seriously, she is going through all the stages of grief in the classic order: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. She will be in the acceptance stage soon, so no worries about her being depressed for too long. I think that the drama does a good job with the pace and doesn't spend too much time on one issue or another (besides Yeon-jae keeping her condition from her mom).

anyways, i had to check and double-check if Dominique really was the first... it must have been a slow day at DB for her to have been able to respond at length and articulately, without somebody else's FIRST!!111 or Thanks :-) beating her to it.

Before Yeon-Jae he was suffering from soul death, a man going through the motions. I think she tapped into a reserve of passion he didn't know he had. And as he respect her wishes and tries to sever the relationship I see him slipping back into his personae of the living dead-Instead of the past where he was indifferent to everything now he only feels pain.

Yeon-Jae has so much to care about, her health, her mother, setting her world right before she goes. Although she loves him and would love the comfort of being with him, he is a piece, not her whole life. Also she knew the situation before she started and was therefore able to possible protect her heart. She didn't believe she could be so deeply in his heart. His father, SK the world tells her she is out of his league. She didn't seduce him. You are right, once she knew he was spoken for, she backed off. She knew he was attracted. But she also knew he was engaged. She figured while he might be her last love, she would be his pre-marriage fling/distraction. His feelings/commitment through her off balance and forced her to try and correct the situation. Unfortunately since she can't turn back time, she can't stop his pain.

At this point it seems that the only thing the keeps him from Zombieland is her. He committed his heart before he knew he shouldn't. And while he doesn't like the situation, he realize there is nothing he can do to unlove her so he'll do the best with the time she has left--even if that means respecting her unsatisfying decision to stop their relationship.

The thing that is heartbreaking is that she knows he loves her. AND he knows she loves him--which is why he knew where to find her. But now they just spend their time watching each other suffer across rooms instead of providing each other with whatever comfort they can.

I'm with you , craving for a happy ending although I know it's impossible. What hapy ending can we expect? A "deus ex machina" who arrives at the last moment with a new cure looking for voluntaires who have nothing more to loose and who are ready to have this drug experimented on them. Does it sound veridic? Not very much. But I can't bear any longer this pain, it's heartbreaking.I don't know for whom I ache most, Yeon Je or the two guys. I always appreciated Kim Sun Ah, but now I'm an unconditional fan. So let's have a happy ending!

I actually see there is always that possibility. I think the little plant is the simbolism for that "hope", and her mom said that it was going to die but it made sprouts... Now she's losing her hope and at the same time she broke the vase with the plant. But Ji Wook still has (somewhere? Maybe his maid) a bit of hope... I don't know if we're supposed to think that these little plants are only the hope or if they are the chance for a recovery.

I actually don't mind seeing her die as long as she will be very, very happy in the last months. I'm just following the drama and I like how it is going, but please give us some good moments soon!

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