Dreamy and slightly ominous, this very French story of the brief encounter between a lonely woman and a handsome stranger rejects histrionics, moralizing and shocking plot twists in favor of an elliptical, haunting reverie. It's a cold Friday evening in Paris, and Laure (Valerie Lemercier) has just finished packing. She's about to move in with her long-time boyfriend and is emotionally exhausted from the effort of sorting out the things she's going to keep from those that have no place in her new life. On her last night as a single woman, she sets out in her battered old car to have dinner with friends, not realizing that the city is in the grip of a transit strike a...
Released:
2003
Rated:
NR
Length:
86 mins