Slamming doors, comically crossed signals, serendipitous meetings and calamitous misunderstandings — Jean-Paul Rappeneau's "epic farce" strives mightily to drive its star-studded cast to inspired heights of antic lunacy, but remains stolidly earthbound. June 1940: Preoccupied with frivolous feuds and love affairs, Parisian bon vivants scarcely notice as Nazi troops advance into Northern France. Spoiled, supremely self-centered movie star Viviane Denvert (Isabelle Adjani), importuned once too often by her amorous producer, Andre Arpel (Nicolas Pignon), "accidentally" kills him and persuades a besotted and naive admirer, aspiring novelist Frederic Auger (Gregory D...
Released:
2003
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
114 mins