Bon voyage (2003)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Writers:

Jean-Paul Rappeneau (scenario) and
Patrick Modiano (scenario) ...

Release Date:

16 April 2003 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot:

An actress, a writer, a student, and a government worker band together in an effort to escape Paris as the Nazis move into the city.

Plot Keywords:

Paris | Nazi | Bordeaux | Actress | Heavy Water

Awards:

5 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Isabelle Adjani	...	Viviane Denvers
Gérard Depardieu	...	Jean-Étienne Beaufort
Virginie Ledoyen	...	Camille
Yvan Attal	...	Raoul
Grégori Derangère	...	Frédéric Auger
Peter Coyote	...	Alex Winckler
Jean-Marc Stehlé	...	Professeur Kopolski
Aurore Clément	...	Jacqueline de Lusse
Xavier De Guillebon	...	Brémond
Edith Scob	...	Mme Arbesault
Michel Vuillermoz	...	M. Girard
Nicolas Pignon	...	André Arpel
Nicolas Vaude	...	Thierry Arpel
Pierre Diot	...	Maurice / Le gardien du studio
Pierre Laroche	...	L'érudit

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence.

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Finland:K-11 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:PG | Czech Republic:15 | Italy:T | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Arcachon, Gironde, France

Company:

ARP Sélection

Trivia:

During lunch in the hotel Beaufort asks Frederic if he knew Viviane's father, "the hero"? 'Gerard Depardieu', who plays Beaufort, starred in both the original and the remake of the film Mon père, ce héros. (1991).

Soundtrack:

Bon voyage

A Heavyweight Lightweight

This movie travels farther on 8 gunshots, 2 kisses and 100 clichés than should be possible. Yet it still works. Brilliant.

As I was driving home from the theater, I tried to figure out how it got away with movie staples like the pages of a novel manuscript blowing across a beach or the impossible series of fortuitous coincidences without the entire audience standing up and screaming, "I've seen that a million times before! And you've pushed beyond the edge of believability!" But the actors were so enchanting and the screen so filled with believable extras that I forgot to care. A friend who saw it with me said it transported him to Paris so perfectly that he was disappointed when we left the theater and realized we were still in Indiana.

Overall, a romantic-comedy-thriller with subtlety, wit and elan.