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Director: Lasse Hallstrom Writer: Steven Knight, Richard C. Morais Starring: Helen Mirren, Charlotte Le Bon, Om Puri Released: August 14, 2014 Rating: Runtime: 122 minutes Websites: Story: In "The Hundred-Foot Journey," Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal) is a culinary ingenue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, the Kadam family, led by Papa (Om Puri), settles in the quaint village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val in the south of France. Filled with charm, it is both picturesque and elegant - the ideal place to settle down and open an Indian restaurant, the Maison Mumbai. That is, until the chilly chef proprietress of Le Saule Pleureur, a Michelin starred, classical French restaurant run by Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren), gets wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restaurant a hundred feet from her own escalate to all out war between the two establishments - until Hassan's passion for French haute cuisine and for Mme. Mallory's enchanting sous chef, Marguerite (Charlotte Le Bon), combine with his mysteriously delicious talent to weave magic between their two cultures and imbue Saint-Antonin with the flavours of life that even Mme. Mallory cannot ignore. At first Mme. Mallory's culinary rival, she eventually recognizes Hassan's gift as a chef and takes him under her wing. Cast: Helen Mirren Madame Mallory Manish Dayal Hassan Haji Rohan Chand Young Hassan Haji Charlotte Le Bon Marguerite Om Puri Papa Kadam Juhi Chawla Amit Shah Mansur Farzana Dua Elahe Mahira Caroline Amiguet (voice) Clement Sibony Tatyana Richaud Little Girl (voice) Michel Blanc The Mayor Dillon Mitra Mukthar Kadam Emanuele Secci Italian Food Critic Jean Kinsella French Critic