Passengers on a low cost flight from Djerba to Beauvais have their patience tested to destruction when their departure is delayed for eight hours because of a fault with the plane's air-conditioning. In the end, they are so fed up that they will do almost anything to get back home.
Acting
Jean-Paul Rouve's unraveling everyman anchors the ensemble.
Writing
Barthélemy builds escalating absurdity from mundane frustration.
Director
Maurice Barthélemy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film satirizes real tensions around low-cost European carriers and class divisions in French society.
Shot largely in a single set to mimic actual claustrophobia; cast reportedly bonded through genuine discomfort.
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