Jet Lag

Jet Lag (Décalage Horaire, 2002) is a French romantic comedy with Jean Reno and Juliette Binoche that you can watch online on iFILM. A strike grounds every flight out of Charles de Gaulle, and two strangers with nothing in common end up sharing an airport hotel room for one long night.

Félix is a cook flying back from America — gruff, closed off, allergic to small talk. Rose is a beautician headed to Mexico to escape a man she should have left ages ago, and she never stops talking. They grate on each other from minute one. Director Danièle Thompson keeps the camera close and lets the whole film ride on two people in a room, trading barbs that slowly soften. It works because Reno and Binoche actually spark. A quiet, talky charmer for anyone who prefers conversation to spectacle.