This is a story of a man, Arturo who lives in Canada. He must spend the Christmas and New Year holidays with his wife, Suzana who lives in Paris. For this, he must catch the flight Montréal-Paris. Unfortunately, his identity papers are stolen and the customs officer refuses to let him go out of the airport. As a consequence, Arturo is put in transit. There, he'll discover a world of the airport that he didn't know at all and will strike a relationship with others persons that have been waiting for days, weeks, months...
This is precisely Philippe Lioret's goal in this movie. He wants to show us the other world of the airport, a world that the traveler doesn't know. Lioret reached his goal and he made a pleasant movie that contains nice moments. It's only a pity that the comic situations are often unfinished.
But "Tombés du ciel" is a movie that is worth seeing just for Jean Rochefort's subtle (although sometimes inexpressive) performance. In a way, the movie is very similar to another French movie released the same year: "la joie de vivre" (1993). The quoted movie was saved thanks to Michel Bouquet. Both are minor movies saved by two terrific actors.
This is precisely Philippe Lioret's goal in this movie. He wants to show us the other world of the airport, a world that the traveler doesn't know. Lioret reached his goal and he made a pleasant movie that contains nice moments. It's only a pity that the comic situations are often unfinished.
But "Tombés du ciel" is a movie that is worth seeing just for Jean Rochefort's subtle (although sometimes inexpressive) performance. In a way, the movie is very similar to another French movie released the same year: "la joie de vivre" (1993). The quoted movie was saved thanks to Michel Bouquet. Both are minor movies saved by two terrific actors.