LA BOULANGERIE | Omeleto Romance

A French baker and an English tourist develop a budding romance.
LA BOULANGERIE is used with permission from Luke Jin. Learn more at lukejin.com.
In a quaint charming village in the French countryside called Castillonnes, the villagers mount a small offensive against the "tacky English tourists" that come to their picturesque town. The town baker even asks his daughter Claudia to bake the bread to be tough and inedible, hoping to deter the foreign visitors.
The tactic doesn't work, and soon the baker takes more drastic measures: he decides to contaminate his own bread in hopes of making the English tourists sick, and drive them from his business once and for all. Claudia has misgivings about essentially poisoning the tourists, but goes along with her domineering dad.
But he doesn't count on the handsome English man (and his delightfully impertinent niece) who comes into the shop one afternoon, catching the eye of Claudia and adding a spark of romance to her day. Summoning up the courage to defy her dad, she decides to stand up for her convictions, becoming an unlikely heroine in her own story.
Writer-director Luke Jin's sumptuous, well-crafted summer romance short adds a acerbic twist to the classic fantasy of the pastoral, pretty French countryside vacation and romantic dalliance.
The visual storytelling retains the pleasure of the fantasy, especially with its lush, warmly rich cinematography and graceful camerawork. It showcases a setting that transports viewers to a beautiful place during a gorgeous season, offering the vicarious pleasure of cinematic travel. Add in the romantic plot for a bit of summertime romance, and it promises the ultimate diversion.
But the sweetness and beauty is livened by the touches of dark, sharp-toothed comedy, with its light but piquant observations upon the age-old rivalry between French and English, and the determined provincialism of the village, who want to be left alone with their bread, fields, and charmingly old-fashioned town.
The comedy isn't broad, but the writing and performances have an understated astringency to them that adds shadow and dimension to the romance in both the visuals and the story. The tone balances between the sharp and sweet, but eventually still builds to a funny, awkward climax that both pokes fun at the clueless blithe consumption of the tourists and crescendoes into a romantic fantasy that warms the heart.
In many ways, LA BOULANGERIE hearkens back to a pre-Tarantino era of modern arthouse cinema, which offered visually resplendent, sweeping stories in often faraway or luxurious European settings. It retains an old-fashioned opulence and charm but mixes in a very modern sly humor, making for a film that is both divertingly entertaining, sweetly romantic and just a touch knowing without being ironic.

[@darkseid856]

A very nice love story of a boy and girl having breakfast together while her dad was dying . 10/10

[@Issa.mp3]

Apurva Nayak dying*

[@cartier2312]

Sasta Darkseid That’s the best part 😊

[@aethellstan]

Live by the bread, die by the bread

[@rananjai185]

top notch summary xD

[@anglakwatserangmagsasakana4348]

Hahahahahah

[@pswizzle_menizzle]

My anxiety levels are high considering nobody actually removed the poisoned bread from the table.

[@micropens]

Well imagine they died

[@barak312]

@@micropens hahaha

[@ranggaajibaskara1809]

Well, they love each other, then they die together 😅

[@manishanegi7974]

I couldn't stop thinking about it

[@lydiameziane3409]

Also meeee

[@ranyl7744]

The first thing wrong is that the baker arrives at work with the sun alrdy out.

[@Kwijiboi]

She didnt close the door behind her.. what a safe society!

[@N1inSK]

Yes, but... willing suspension of disbelief wins the day. And it was dark while she started to bake.

[@a.surfer7095]

And then she's sitting there, her hair rubbing on the bread behind her.

[@lanecrescent4161]

@@a.surfer7095 Oh shut up 🙄

[@drd.n4695]

@Your Majesty No, they don't have to rush up life like a certain country does 😁

[@hanjaeyoon906]

"I do not run this business for the money! I run it for the dough..." XD haha I am not sure in French but that's a good pun.

[@MusicfromMarrs]

Indeed. I caught that he did say money “l’argent,” but couldn’t catch the other part. It’s got to be a French pun, but I doubt that it translates to dough.

[@hanjaeyoon906]

​@@MusicfromMarrs Oh~ so it was the translators' intention to recreate the amusement of the French pun in English huh?. oh... damn... I thought it was a literal tranSLASHON! IVE GOT TRICK'D! XO

[@sandyjaja1840]

@@MusicfromMarrs the word is " blé ", which means wheat. Blé is used for wheat but in slang it means money, so he's using a play on words. The same word to say wheat and money.

[@MusicfromMarrs]

@@sandyjaja1840 formidable!

[@runumichoudhury4290]

Yeah broda

[@maryyaismail2923]

I love how she's actually down for murder and then next second "dang he cute nvm"

[@travelwell8098]

Uncle Dan: "Do you speak English?" Claudia: "No." a few minutes later.... um....

[@robyncooperramsey8323]

YES!! THANK YOU! That caught me, too!

[@saiful46]

Can we all appreciate the fact that she chased down the car on a fixed gear bike? Someone please sponsor her for the tour de France!

[@The482075]

Cruising. Sometimes you want to have a relaxing drive at low speeds to take in the scenery. That said, even keeping up with a cruising car whilst on a bike is impressive.

[@ZeroMalarki]

Jesus she can cycle fast. Also love that he can charm her into getting a smooch after only a conversation in a bakery.

[@christopherlawley1842]

Gears

[@aethellstan]

That's why they have the Tour De France

[@marcokite]

don't blaspheme

[@aethellstan]

@@marcokite You can only blaspheme if there's a god, as there isn't (until it is proven) I'll carry on.

[@hrithikg5148]

It's not only after one conversation he charms her for a smooch. Her father mentions that they have been coming to the bakery multiple times inspite of selling them bad bread.

[@chuksk8592]

Father: *We hate le English!* Also Father: Proceeds to read book in English

[@omarma7815]

and hum "rule britannia"

[@dotnb]

After Brexit especially, can you blame them?

[@monro2159]

I'm British. Loved this. Made me laugh out loud. My sympathise are totally with the French Village. Loved the way they had alarms for when the GB sticker was spotted. We really can be arrogant nightmares when tourists. And it's true the French don't really like us. Very funny, very cute and from my point of view, he was punching way above his weight!!

[@only_treats_no_tricks]

I don't understand. Why French people don't like British people?

[@philattlee1]

@@only_treats_no_tricks Many years ago (when I was young) the French had the reputation of being bad mannered but having holidayed in France many times, I find them very polite, especially the younger generation.

[@kevincarlson7148]

On the bright side,British tourists here in Florida are sweethearts.And ,the only people who know how to drive.French might know always like the English,but the entire world hates we Yanks.

[@ShutterKnack]

Last time I was in a youth hostel in Czech Republic, there were two middle-aged British tourists that woke everyone in the room at 3AM, piss drunk and started harassing girls. They got kicked out. On the way out, they pissed all over the hostel from the room door all the way to the reception. Disgusting.

[@Anto_81]

I think the French are way more arrogant..

[@emmapollard6978]

i thought she was going to rush up to the family and say, “don’t eat it!! it’s... stale!”

[@margo3367]

When she said, “It’s killer bread”! In America that would be a compliment.

[@gayathrijinesh3004]

And thus she began the downfall of that "cute little village".

[@aliasreco]

So that's why when we drive in a Dutch car through these villages all doors, windows and shops are closed. They rang the church bells...!

[@avantilicious]

Yes, true. Give the Dutch their worst wine for a cheap price. Dutch go back totally happy! Thinking they got a bargain 😁

[@marshallgarnick4923]

My mother spent the first 12 years of her life in Poland. She told me that church bells rang when the local authorities wanted to stir up or incite the locals there-same idea, right?

[@aliasreco]

@@marshallgarnick4923 yes. But it's a love hate relation. In France they love the English tourists. Rich and retired they spend a lot of money. French shop keepers even speak English! They won't do that in Marseille! But on the other hand they hate them. Villagers stay in their French group. Only evangelistic churches are (sometimes!) really welcoming English people. In one church it was forbidden to speak English in the church building. (We are in France!) The other church is open to whatever language. Great... Good thing that Jesus loves all cultures and languages. He wants people of every culture and language to come to heaven... I'll go for that!

[@dotnb]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@phillipschroder285]

What is that old man doing in a sixty acre field with a fork..........????

[@martinwebb1681]

He's French so only one thing he could be doing ... Snail hunting 😂🤣

[@margo3367]

How she was willing to kill his niece. The only thing that stopped her was her sexual attraction to the uncle. It shows you to what extent prejudices can go.

[@42Siren]

The ending music is so beautiful. Many missed it.

[@kgosilebone2618]

what's the songs name

[@papasmurf6836]

Nice

[@shamoy1000]

My kind of movie. Tells the whole great story in less than 20 minutes. Great acting too.

[@brabbit3389]

But why would this absolute stunner be attracted to this charmless rugby shirt wearing fella? It’s just not fair

[@aethellstan]

It's that damned poxy RP accent.

[@rogue0192]

now imagine if he was American too

[@aethellstan]

@@rogue0192 Yeah, she would run a mile...

[@rogue0192]

@@aethellstan in the other direction lmao

[@cesttmoii]

It's realistic

[@rmduwk]

She is so pretty

[@tangobango9653]

She’s so damn cute.

[@animalrevenge1058]

Tango Bango she is French ;-)

[@OzymandiasXIII]

Mad cute

[@buckdanny9062]

She's the french police officer in Mission: Impossible - Fallout

[@matthewsalvador9783]

@@buckdanny9062 wait really ???

[@buckdanny9062]

@@matthewsalvador9783 yep

[@AbhilashGupta33]

Is nobody gonna talk about her father?? Good lord, she is gonna find him dead by the time she comes back

[@bluebutterflywellness2273]

The web you weave for others...🤷🏾‍♀️

[@mohitchoprraa1687]

Dads frnd gonna help. He was not alone. But yes it wil be a lesson for him

[@ToeCutter454]

they totally need to go big with this! this is like the middle of the movie, now we need the beginning with all the "touristy" visitors and how the town has been trying to drive them away and then a marriage proposal and wedding to wrap it all up! a story better than hollywood!

[@mikeruet921]

See chas sisom (above)

[@GreatLakesLogger]

@@mikeruet921 ?

[@OliwiaLi.]

I felt so relief when she got there right before first bite.

[@philattlee1]

It was love at first bite.

[@sunflower_and_star_films]

so is nobody going to talk about why they keep literal poison in the bakery? either way, this is a really good film! not that omeleto ever posts any bad films :)

[@krashd]

Rats and mice love grain.

[@franktoni23]

Nice little romantic story. I just loved the location and the characters😀

[@vanessas2454]

The rose on his shirt 🤣

[@funkblack]

So never eat anything in France. Noted.

[@Em-uz1ot]

Noooo the bread's not poisoooned !!! It's actually the best bread you'll ever tasteee !!

[@naishaprem8537]

Em 26 she’s/he’s kidding

[@Em-uz1ot]

@@naishaprem8537 yeah I know. It wasn't an actual very serious answer either

[@animalrevenge1058]

Doc. FunkBlack only if you’re a Brit

[@debrabell6234]

Pre Covid. No gloves, her hair touches the leaves behind when she sits down in the bakery.

[@16nowhereman]

This guy is a Romeo. Hits on women with a few words!

[@jorgethepute3989]

how fast was she peddling ? someone listening to disco music has to be speeding at mach speed lmaoo

[@1controversial]

She almost killed the all family with that killer bread.

[@EarlOfMaladyCrescent]

Yeah. It's lucky she's able to cycle as fast as the Englishman's car, & knew exactly which way he went! 🤣

[@sheilanicolas1263]

craving for croissant for a quarantine midnight snack

[@marshallgarnick4923]

sounds good but wait for breakfast, I make nice scrambled eggs and they fit nicely inside that croissant, Sheila.

[@anthonypaul6148]

The little girl is the perfect touch :)

[@anastasia10017]

Very beautiful cinematography. very good video and story line.

[@timl4257]

Haha brilliant. The dad is hilarious.

[@tallandhandsome29]

I loved that. Thanks!

[@whitexchina]

I used to work in a bakery like this, when I was a student. We also grinded 20 different coffees & we had a beautiful old cash register. It always smelled so good & people were friendly. Good times!

[@jeacolipano2647]

the cinematography 👏👏👏 every scene is desktop friendly ... even if I don't have my own desktop 😅

[@KillerTacos54]

These films are too damn good

[@sangitasamanta6759]

Lovely story...budding romance really loveable...

[@kshitizgupta3264]

She was a cop in mission impossible fallout who got shot isn't she ?

[@kingofpop7515]

YESS

[@aakashaich]

Exactly!! I was wondering that like, I know I've seen her somewhere

[@arhamramiz7791]

Really?!!

[@krashd]

Yes, she is credited as "French Policewoman"

[@jfj876]

Thank God!! I was wondering where I saw that woman before.

[@kate-hybrid]

lol be careful what you wish! Delightful twist ...

[@rvalim618]

omg this is SO DRAMATIC although it could be because it was in french...

[@lastmanstanding2622]

All in all, he's a very lucky guy to be the one who caught her eye. 😍

[@drophammer776]

🤣 Whenever you see the last remaining one in the box is always a Jelly Filled Dohnut.

[@ramilnissan570]

This the best video of Omeleto I ever seen 😍💖👍

[@filmreviewer117]

Lovely film.

[@jimmiemize1754]

Great start...wanted more. Nice photography, casual feel as the story unfolds... curious did dad die, get sick, how did the connection go... end with almost kiss seemed rushed in story development... wanted more. Multi story potential and development of each was building and folding in on the other...just wanted more.... smile.

[@vivianwilson1271]

AN EXTRAORDINARILY BEAUTIFUL ENCOUNTER!!! TWO LANGUAGES ; ONE HEART ; LOVELY CUTE MEET!!!V.W.

[@mitza420]

2:05 Tainted love is the song, loove that song😍

[@chrismulhern82]

Didn’t they play it twice in the movie - when the car first appears

[@tattoodrdoke]

If it wasn't for his white rugby jersery with a red rose I would have never known he was English

[@TheJanjanman]

Excellent

[@blacksabbathmatters3365]

Sweet Lord.. What a beautiful woman.

[@devasadhvi]

loved it

[@PiyushSharma-nh1vi]

song in the end?

[@bymenz1388]

what a beautiful lady

[@hblock8361]

Alix Benezech

[@hcp0scratch]

Quite the charming Lassie she is...except for the part of her willing to kill people for possibly being rude.

[@NiceEyeballs]

thats how the Princess escaped

[@MoparMan1320]

Excellent.....Bravo!!! ✌😎

[@woodstoney]

He just wanted to make some dough...haha! It would have been nice to see the arrogant father fall to the floor realizing that he not only lived by the sword (bread) but was also going to die by the sword (bread). Ironic twist for sure. Nice film!!

[@dougholliday467]

I don't get it! You would think it would be nice to see the old man die? What kind of person are you?

[@ashishbadoni2862]

Simple cute story

[@davidcravens-ofarrell1565]

What is that song?

[@carissanami5824]

Anyone know what's the song at the end? 😍

[@merylbonderow5993]

It bothered me that her hair was hanging in her dough.

[@martinwebb1681]

Just be thankful it was not her father doing the baking ... otherwise who knows what may have been hanging in the dough. 😂

[@cajoyandfriends6007]

Name of the song please?

[@janicemahan4772]

What a beautiful woman! Here's what happened... The family threw out the killer bread. She and the British guy went to England. She inherited all of her deceased father's money and opened a fabulous French bakery in London.

[@marymcallister7963]

Istg the frenchies in these shorts act better than 90% of french tv

[@_DeadlyNightshade_]

No one iss concerned for the dad. I mean he got what he intended to give to the tourists so.. fair enough?

[@jennifervoilet6491]

*STOP CANCEL DISREGARD!*

[@ramontrindade2528]

Can somebody tell me the Name of the song in the begenning?

[@helloworldyo4516]

What happened to dad???, she go there making dad sick 🤣

[@zelyaa2091]

Dead 💀 R I P

[@martinwebb1681]

DEAD ... instant karma.

[@theolamp5312]

I fell in love with her the minute I first saw her.

[@ImnotChuck.]

Pray tell what the French farmer was doing in a cut over wheat field with a brand new manure fork.

[@JessicaTPeterson]

I was wondering the same.

[@biggestbrowneyes]

ya the bread....no thanks....good short.

[@anastasia10017]

"Attention ! Il y a des anglais" LOL !!

[@joseluisllamasplascensia6020]

fantasticas historias felicidades, las tendras en español ? fantastic stories congratulations, will you have them in spanish?

[@enigmaticfacts6898]

mistakes in this movie 1) how can that girl ride that bicycle so fast? 2) this was 2 mon. conversation and they fall in love! 3) she was having breakfast and there her dad was dying 4) the killer bread was still on the table 5) why this people hated English people?????

[@prableenkaur7338]

Is nobody gonna talk about this the girl from mission impossible fallout. The policewomen

[@hblock8361]

Alix Benezech

[@acash93]

I was looking forward to the narcotic actually

[@jeacolipano2647]

one thing I didn't like about the story is where she's willing to kiss the guy that easily

[@bryant475]

I was thinking how unlikely it would be to want to kiss that shortly after meeting someone, as I've never done it myself. However, it seemed like the timing was just right and they both wanted to so he just went for it, lol.

[@UtubeXcalibur]

You must be, American?

[@UtubeXcalibur]

​@@bryant475 For Heavens sake, have you people never heard of: "Love at first sight"?

[@martinwebb1681]

none ... One thing I didn't like about the story was we heard those bells ringing and yet we didn't even get a glimpse of Quasimodo. 😂

[@bluedamsel1185]

Made me think of a sweeter version of Delicatessen.

[@notroll1279]

What a wonderful inversion of roles in times of Brexit...

[@5thfloorprod]

Hey any sharp ear can tell me which track is playing in the car at 1:55 ?

[@PatrickBlouinBooBoo]

Tainted Love

[@5thfloorprod]

Nvm I looked myslef , Tainted Love by Soft Cell

[@christopherlawley1842]

Ah Ha A clue

[@jeffbawden7901]

Beautiful any more

[@MdRafin-ve5wi]

She is so beautiful 😍

[@hblock8361]

Alix Benezech

[@priyanshujain9450]

Her name is Alex benezech

[@Hrng270]

deep down the france england relationship is one of passion and affection and affection at one time they are friends, at another time they compete with each other as rivals, they continue to admire each other until they get along with each other and get married, the french deep down admire and love the english to the point of wanting to conquer them, maybe there between the stereotype of the arrogant Frenchman, as well as the stereotype of the English thief and gold digger. Deep down, they are 2 cultures that love and respect each other with their differences, they are neo-Latin cultures.

[@christopherlawley1842]

Ah, le roast boeuf

[@littlekiwi8964]

I came here for romance not for some family drama🙄

[@viditaghule5857]

Scary... poisoned bread n crosson... 😱😱

[@syedraidarsalan4685]

Can someone help me out. Where can I find the french song used in this film.

[@martinwebb1681]

France might be a good start.

[@syedraidarsalan4685]

@@martinwebb1681 lol

[@sarahmakarem3034]

she did not lock the bike??!

[@Kwijiboi]

@2:40 She's still traumatized by Season 8..

[@thespokenparrot2259]

Rip season 8

[@Daryl.R04]

Games of Thrones reference?

[@Kwijiboi]

@@Daryl.R04 naturally. Let down an incredible show, I think.

[@Daryl.R04]

@@Kwijiboi Can't agree more, but Season 7 was the beginning of the downfall.

[@syedraidarsalan4685]

IKR

[@cgulljbravi8264]

Apparently the 100 year war is still continuing in this particular french village.

[@olgaburuto]

thrilled...

[@rozhanhamad4863]

Do French people really hate English that much 😂

[@gus4CHRIST]

i hope not.Nice film !

[@mitza420]

Haha I think almost but still this us exaggerated haha😀😆

[@marshallgarnick4923]

you ought to come here to Canada..you'll see

[@mikeellis9720]

She could not have been prettier...

[@amanmehta2303]

Damn Steven Smith

[@corneliaeleanore3215]

Doesn't a Baker start their day at dawn or something like that?

[@harry4096]

Movie name??