Jet Lag (2002)
"Décalage horaire" (original title)

A worn-out businessman and a beautician on the run collide in a Paris airport. Love arrives, all its hurdles be damned.

Director:

Danièle Thompson

Writers:

Christopher Thompson, Danièle Thompson

Stars:

Juliette Binoche, Jean Reno, Sergi López

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Juliette Binoche	...	Rose
Jean Reno	...	Félix
Sergi López	...	Sergio
Scali Delpeyrat	...	The Doctor
Karine Belly	...	Air France Attendant
Raoul Billerey	...	Félix's Father
Nadège Beausson-Diagne	...	A Roissy Passenger
Alice Taglioni	...	Ground Hostess
Jérôme Keen	...	The Concierge
Sébastien Lalanne	...	The Barman
Michel Lepriol	...	The Waiter
M'bembo	...	Post Office Employee (as Mbembo)
Laurence Colussi	...	Hostess
Lucy Harrison	...	Hostess
Rebecca Steele	...	Hostess

Storyline

At Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, a beautician on her way to a new job in Mexico accidentally meets a cook who is on his way back from America. Labor strikes, bad weather, and pure luck cause the two of them to share a room overnight at the airport Hilton hotel. Will their initial mutual indifference and downright hostility turn into a one night stand or perhaps something more?

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Plot Keywords:

airport | beautician | cook | strike | businessman | 

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Taglines:

The battle of the sexes just got sexier.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and brief sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

studiocanal [fr] (French)

Country:

France UK

Language:

French

Release Date:

30 October 2002 (France)

Also Known As:

Jet Lag

Filming Locations:

Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Box Office

Budget:

FRF 85,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$20,454 (USA) (13 June 2003)

Gross:

$544,434 (USA) (5 September 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Les Films Alain Sarde, Pathé (Jet Lag) Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

For research, director/co-writer Danièle Thompson suggested to Juliette Binoche that she study Shirley MacLaine's performance in The Apartment.

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Goofs

American Airlines does not fly to Munich from Paris.

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Quotes

Rose: You're not a nice man. If you were I wouldn't be here!

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Crazy Credits

In multiple places, instead of having, for instance a chief ('chef') machinist, assistant machinist, and so on, the first person after the 'chef', in keeping with the cooking theme, is the 'sous-chef'.

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Connections

References Midnight Cowboy (1969)

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Soundtracks

"Get misunderstood"
Troublemakers

User Reviews

Midnight Cowboy meets Pretty Woman

No one seems to have noticed that this is a French romantic comedy meditating on Hollywood. It's pretty explicit, it seems to me, when we start with a reference to Pretty Woman and end with the theme from Midnight Cowboy. I think that Jean Reno is doing a pretty witty Dustin Hoffman, while Juliette Binoche is Julia Roberts as Midnight Cowgirl.

What makes this movie stay with me is that the Jean Reno character is not only an inspired chef, he is all sensuality when he eats. And Juliette Binoche is not just a makeup artist, she is the determined maker of the scenes she finds herself appearing in.

We all want to fall in love. We are all frightened that the moment it happens is just another emotional trap. This movie says yes to both, and grab it while you can.