Jet Lag (2002) Décalage horaire (original title)

Director:

Danièle Thompson

Writers:

Christopher Thompson
Danièle Thompson

Release Date:

30 October 2002 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

The battle of the sexes just got sexier.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Airport | Beautician | Cook | Strike | Businessman

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

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
Thiam Aïssatou	...	Hostess (as Thiam)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Édouard Daladier	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Larry King	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Danièle Thompson

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Christopher Thompson
Danièle Thompson

Produced by
Christine Gozlan	....	executive producer
Alain Sarde	....	producer

Original Music by
Eric Serra

Cinematography by
Patrick Blossier

Film Editing by
Sylvie Landra

Casting by
Gérard Moulévrier

Production Design by
Michèle Abbé-Vannier		(as Michèle Abbé)

Costume Design by
Elisabeth Tavernier

Makeup Department
Aurora Bergere	....	makeup artist
Karina Gruais	....	makeup artist: Jean Reno
Patrice Iva	....	hair stylist: Jean Reno
Agathe Moro	....	hair stylist: Juliette Binoche
Thibault Vabre	....	makeup artist: Juliette Binoche

Production Management
Jean-Jacques Albert	....	production manager
Helene Glabeke	....	post-production supervisor
François Menny	....	unit manager
Antonio Tavares-Monteiro	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Denis Bergonhe	....	first assistant director
Raphaëlle Bruyas	....	trainee assistant director
Elizabeth Marre	....	second assistant director
Emmanuel Murat	....	trainee assistant director
Charles Senard	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Alain Chaudet	....	carpenter
François Combastel	....	construction coordinator
François Combastel	....	head carpenter
Alain Dufrenoy	....	painter
Patrick Galesne	....	painter
Michel Grimaud	....	property master
Virginie Le Romain	....	assistant to art director
Philippe Margottin	....	props
Antoine Martial	....	carpenter
Georges Mougine	....	upholsterer (as Georges Mouginé)
Laurent Ott	....	first assistant decorator
Patrick Veron	....	construction manager (as Patrick Véron)
Liliane Vos-Conil	....	head painter
Catherine Werner Schmit	....	set decorator (as Catherine Werner-Schmidt)

Sound Department
Vincent Arnardi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Guillaume Bouchateau	....	supervising sound editor
Christophe Bourreau	....	foley artist
Vincent Breau	....	boom operator
Annabel Callard	....	assistant post-synchronization
Bernard Chaumeil	....	boom operator
Toni Di Rocco	....	sound recordist
Eric Ferret	....	foley engineer
Isabelle Filippi	....	post-synchronization
Michel Filippi	....	adr supervisor
Pierre Gamet	....	sound
Tristan Jaoul	....	sound recordist
Jean-Louis Lebras	....	boom operator
Guillaume Leriche	....	sound re-recording mixer
Francis Perrard	....	sound stereo consultant: Dolby (as Francis Perreard)
Alexis Place	....	assistant sound editor
Gréggory Poncelet	....	sound recordist
Macdara Smith	....	foley assistant
Jacques Thomas-Gérard	....	post-synchronization engineer

Special Effects by
Pierre Foury	....	special effects
Jean-Pierre Grandet	....	special effects
Daniel Lenoir	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Christophe Belena	....	scan and conforming technician
Lucie Bories	....	digital compositor
Andre Brizard	....	graphic designer (as André Brizard)
Alain Carsoux	....	visual effects supervisor
Neal Dan	....	digital artist
Séverine De Wever	....	production coordinator
Thierry Delobel	....	graphic designer
François Dupuy	....	digital transfers
Xavier Fourmond	....	digital compositor
Rip Hampton O'Neil	....	technical director: DuboiColor
Abdel Ali Kassou	....	processing: DuboiColor
Aurelie Lajoux	....	digital compositor
Bruno Le Provost	....	graphic designer
Tina Lin	....	scanning and conforming technician
Dan Neal	....	digital artist
Marc Paccosi	....	graphic designer (as Marco Paccosi)
Daniel Trujillo	....	digital effects artist
Edouard Valton	....	visual effects producer

Camera and Electrical Department
Gilles Allou	....	key grip
Jérôme Alméras	....	camera operator
Stéphane Birzin	....	grip
Eric Blanckaert	....	assistant camera
Tranquillo Cimenti	....	grip
Emmanuel Hauvel	....	electrician
Pascal Henin	....	electrician (as Pascal Hénin)
Iwao Kawasaki	....	assistant camera: Mexico
Emilie de la Hosseraye	....	still photographer
Amandine Lacape	....	assistant camera
Christophe Lunay	....	grip
Rachid Madaoui	....	gaffer
Laurent Martin	....	additional grip
Nils Moreau	....	grip
Adam Rózanski	....	Steadicam operator
Marion Stalens	....	still photographer
Patrick Tombette	....	key grip
Yves Vandersmissen	....	key grip

Casting Department
Camille Bonvallet	....	extras casting assistant
Evy Figliolini	....	extras casting
Christine Haym	....	casting assistant
Karine Raphaël	....	casting assistant (as Karin Pinchon-Raphaël)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Françoise Attal Roth	....	costumer
Thierry Delettre	....	key costumer
Laurence Glentzin	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Juliette Garcias	....	assistant editor
Soline Guyonneau	....	first assistant editor
Isabelle Lepicier	....	assistant editor
Delphine Lermite	....	assistant editor
Jean-René Nébot	....	digital color timer
Bruno Patin	....	color timer

Music Department
Sébastien Cortella	....	music assistant
Valérie Lindon	....	music producer
Valérie Lindon	....	music supervisor
Didier Lozahic	....	score mixer
Nicolas Meyer	....	music mixer

Other crew
Valérie Arroyo	....	production administrator
Laure Blaess	....	production administrator
Marylène Dastugue	....	production secretary
Carole Fevre	....	script supervisor
Lina Martins	....	assistant: Juliette Binoche
Dominique Segall	....	unit publicist
Charles Senard	....	additional location scout

Production Companies

• Canal+
• Les Films Alain Sarde
• Pathé (Jet Lag) Productions
• TF1 Films Production

Distributors

• Bac Films (2002) (France) (theatrical)
• 01 Distribuzione (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2002-2003) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Miramax Films (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Miramax (2003) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Miramax (2003) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• Tobis StudioCanal (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (video)
• Herald Film Company (Japan)
• Impuls Home Entertainment (2004) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Miramax Films (South Africa)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Montage Films Thauvin  negative cutting
• Transpalux  electrical equipment

Also Known As:

"Décalage horaire" - France (original title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and brief sexuality

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

France | UK

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Denmark:A | Finland:K-7 | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:M | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R | Germany:o.Al. (w) | France:U | Canada:AA

Filming Locations:

Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

Danièle Thompson originally wrote this script in the early 1990s for Hollywood production and with the leading male character as an American. With her son, Christopher Thompson, she reworked the script into this version.

Goofs:

Factual errors: American Airlines does not fly to Munich from Paris.

Quotes:

Rose:What gets it up at night brings it down in the morning!

Movie Connections:

References Roman Holiday (1953)

Soundtrack:

Vas Adelante

Forget Meg Ryan, forget Julia Roberts

Forget Meg Ryan, forget Julia Roberts...This is romantic comedy at its best! Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno are outstanding. The plot is more than original and, better, convincing. I fell in love with the story but even more with the characters and their lives. Nothing in them seems "plastic". Although one knows that the end will be a happy one, the plot is so convincing that the end does not come as if was predicted. Each scene is so natural and revealing that it keeps you asking for more. I seriously do not understand the poor reviews it has gotten here. Could it be a little bit of jealousy because it is a foreign film from a country with no tradition in this genre but that nonetheless achieves what most American romantic comedies don't? I cannot explain it otherwise.