“It’s one of those nightmare days. Imagine yourself at the airport. It’s the first day of school holidays, the pilots have gone on strike, the computers are down, the weather is awful, and stranded passengers are draped over every imaginable chair... See more in the terminal. This is the setting against which Danihle Thompson places her delectable and beautifully made film, a high-flying romantic comedy about the games fate plays and the unexpected encounters that change our lives. Designed to put a smile on your face and a spring in your step, Jet Lag is an irresistible souffle of a film, light and tasty, delicate and sensitive, featuring two megastars of international cinema, Academy Award.-winner Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno.”
“Into one end of the Paris airport of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle enters the delightfully arch Rose (Binoche), a beautician with a cheap ticket to Mexico City. Trying to hide behind her obsessively applied make-up, she’s running away from a boyfriend she no longer loves. Into the other end of the terminal comes Filix (Reno), an exhausted businessman travelling from the United States to Munich. He’s on his way to a funeral and the woman he loves. Neither of them is in any condition (or mood) for an encounter, but, funny thing, they just keep running into each other! Coincidence or kismet, it doesn’t matter, these two are on a collision course.”
