#Iamhere

#Iamhere (#JeSuisLà, 2020) is a French romantic comedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Eric Lartigau. Stéphane is a well-regarded Parisian chef, meticulous in the kitchen, less practiced at everything outside of it. Then he starts exchanging comments with Soo — a Korean artist played by Doona Bae — and the routine he has built around himself quietly starts to crack.

He buys a flight to Seoul. She is not at the airport. He waits. And while he waits, someone photographs him and posts it online — the stoic, slightly lost Frenchman sitting in Incheon Airport becomes a minor viral sensation. Alain Chabat plays Stéphane with a kind of dignified bewilderment that makes him easy to root for without demanding your sympathy. What Soo is thinking the film mostly keeps to itself, and the silence is the most interesting thing in it.

This one works best for viewers who have grown tired of romances where everything clicks on schedule. The uncertainty is real, and so is the longing. Stream #Iamhere (2020) online on iFILM.