Perfumes

Drama/Comedy | French with English subtitles | 100 minutes

Info

Guillaume Favre, a divorced father, is informed he must find a larger apartment if he’s to have shared custody of his teenage daughter. Employed as a chauffeur, he is assigned to a new client, a gifted perfumer, Anne Walberg. Anne is bossy, difficult, and displays the arrogance of a highly-successful perfumer. Guillaume needs the money so he tolerates her. Suddenly, Anne loses her sense of smell. By now, Guillaume has acquired a talent for detecting smells and offers to help Anne by serving as her “nose.” However,overcome by her loss of smell, Anne overdoses with sleeping pills. Guillaume finds Anne near death and speeds her to a hospital.This saves Anne but Guillaume is fired because he was caught speeding. Anne appeals to Guillaume’s boss to rehire him, but the job he’s offered is demeaning. So, with Guillaume serving as Anne’s “nose” they formulate a new perfume. Together, they enter Dior headquarters to make their pitch.

Cast

Grégory Montel (Guillaume Favre) / Emmanuelle Devos (Anne Walberg)

Why Stream This Film?

It’s a movie about a very unusual, heartwarming friendship between a divorced father struggling to obtain joint custody of his teenage daughter and a gifted perfumer who has lost her sense of smell. The way they end up helping each other is magnificent.

Rotten Tomatoes Score (Critics Consensus): 100%

Accolades

75th Venice Film Festival, Winner, Golden Lion
Ten Academy Award Nominations. Winner: Best Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director (Alfonso Cuarón), Best Cinematographer (Alfonso Cuarón)
Festivals: Venice, Telluride, Toronto, New York
Best Film of 2018: Time Magazine and The New York Film Critics Circle

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