The Hundred-Foot Journey is a 2014 comedy drama film directed by Lasse Hallström from a screenplay written by Steven Knight, adapted from Richard C. Morais' 2010 novel of the same name.

She invites the family into her apartment while they deal with the auto repair shop and arrange lodgings for the night, and she treats them to a tray of delicious food she made using fresh, local ingredients.

When she buys all of the ingredients the Kadams need from the local market on the day of their grand opening, a war of sabotage and complaints to the mayor of the village erupts between Abbu and Mallory.

While this goes on, Hassan asks Marguerite, a sous chef at Le Saule Pleureur, to help him learn about French cooking, and they develop feelings for each other.

Madame is so impressed by the result that she invites him to work at Le Saule Pleureur so that he can get more classically French cuisine training to supplement his natural abilities.

Hassan outshines Marguerite, and his cooking, which evolves into a unique French-Indian fusion, results in Saule Pleureur receiving a second Michelin star.

One night, after the Parisian restaurant is closed, Hassan smells the Indian food that one of his sous chefs has brought from home.

They prepare it in the kitchen of Le Saule Pleureur, and, when the Kadams and some special guests arrive for dinner, everyone is surprised to see Hassan.

Prior to filming, actors Manish Dayal and Charlotte Le Bon spent a considerable amount of time going to restaurants and observing and learning in kitchens.

[8] To create the food featured in the film, producer Juliet Blake consulted Indian-born chef Floyd Cardoz, who practiced "fusing together two cultures through cooking.

[6] On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 68% based on reviews from 148 critics, with an average score of 6.2/10; the site's critics consensus reads "Director Lasse Hallström does lovely work and Helen Mirren is always worth watching, but The Hundred-Foot Journey travels predictable ground already covered by countless feel-good dramedies.

[23] The Wrap's Alonso Duralde called the film "a surprisingly bland slumgullion of food porn and emotional manipulation, filtered through the middlebrow sensibilities of director Lasse Hallström.

[27] For her performance in the film, Helen Mirren was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.