Acting
Darroussin's unraveling is cringe-perfect every second.
Direction
Kahn makes traffic jams feel existentially terrifying.
Director
Cédric Kahn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kahn adapted Georges Simenon's 1953 novel but relocated it to modern France, keeping the core anxiety weirdly timeless.
The highway rest stop sequence was shot at an actual functioning station — background extras had no idea they were in a thriller.
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