The first change French filmmaker Alain Resnais made to U.K. playwright Alan Ayckbourn's story of lonely people not quite connecting in handsomely appointed bars, restaurants and offices, was to move it to Paris. The second, more important change was to subtly shift its tone from rueful comedy with tragic overtones to low-key tragedy with comic touches. The result is at once chilly and fragilely hopeful.
Paris is in the grip of a snowstorm, and brittle, high-strung Nicole (Laura Morante) and her unemployed fiance, Dan (Lambert Wilson), who recently left the military under a cloud, are looking for a larger apartment. Or rather, Nicole and her Realtor, Thier...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
120 mins