Plot
In an airport hotel on the outskirts of Paris, a Silicon Valley engineer abruptly chucks his job, breaks things off with his wife, and holes up in his room. Soon, fate draws him and a young French maid together.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 6.4/10 (272 voted)
Critic's Score: 67/100
Director: Pascale Ferran
Stars: Josh Charles, Anaïs Demoustier, Roschdy Zem
Storyline
In an airport hotel on the outskirts of Paris, a Silicon Valley engineer abruptly chucks his job, breaks things off with his wife, and holes up in his room. Soon, fate draws him and a young French maid together.
Writers: Guillaume Bréaud, Pascale Ferran
Cast: Josh Charles -
Gary Newman
Anaïs Demoustier -
Audrey Camuzet
Roschdy Zem -
Simon
Taklyt Vongdara -
Akira
Geoffrey Cantor -
Allan
Camélia Jordana -
Leila
Radha Mitchell -
Elisabeth Newman
Mohand Saci -
Passager RER
Ali Ben Amar -
Passager RER
Coralie Majouga -
Passagère RER
Sonia Bouquet -
Passagère RER
Aurore Soudieux -
Passagère RER
Khalil Yahya -
Passager RER
Michel Sabeh-Aïon -
Passager RER
Rojda Mohamed -
Passagère RER
Country: France
Language: French, English, Japanese
Release Date: 4 June 2014
Filming Locations: Paris, France
Technical Specs
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Goofs:
In the sequence where the American businessman talks to his wife through his computer web-cam, we see the wife in her kitchen, with behind her the kitchen wall. And in the following shot, we see only the kitchen window with a little bird just in front of it. No wall anymore. See more »
User Review
Author:
Rating: 8/10
I saw this film in Amsterdam at a sneak preview, quite late, and it was
incredibly hot. In the beginning I thought: Ouch! Another brainy French
film... But no! I haven't seen such an original film in a quite while.
Not only in its most amazing parts (a sparrow hovering above an
airport, sometimes funny, sometimes scary; a real adventure in itself).
But it is more in its entirety that this film impressed me, going from
one story to another, combining realism and magic. Even the music is
bewitching, like with Bowie's Space Oddity, at a key moment. This
non-standard film is both spectacular and experimental, sensitive and
cerebral, ultra-contemporary and timeless. Free as air, this films is
about mutation, reincarnation, rebirth. A real jewel!
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