An overstressed American businessman and a French chambermaid make a connection at an airport hotel in Paris.
Direction
Ferran's patient, almost spiritual observation of mundane spaces.
Cinematography
The airport hotel as liminal purgatory, shot with surprising beauty.
Director
Pascale Ferran
Josh Charles
Gary Newman
Anaïs Demoustier
Audrey Camuzet
Roschdy Zem
Simon
Geoffrey Cantor
Allan
Camélia Jordana
Leila
Radha Mitchell
Elisabeth Newman
Hippolyte Girardot
Vengers
Akéla Sari
Madame Baccar
Anne Azoulay
Melle Lhomond
Habib Kadi
L'Homme du RER
Bertrand Constant
Homme réunion La Défense
Grégoire Taulère
Passager RER
Catherine Ferran
Nuala
Nicole Dogué
Femme vestiaire hôtel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ferran adapted this from a graphic novel by 'Ghost World' creator Daniel Clowes, though she stripped away his snark for something more melancholic and French.
The bird sequences used actual trained sparrows — no CGI — which explains why they feel so uncanny and alive.
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