Three disparate people meet in a bizarre skiing accident: an alcoholic doctor who has just been left by his wife, a beautiful but directionless woman, and the bumbling Algerian man who caused the accident. They become fond of each other, and of liquor.
Acting
Béart's beautiful aimlessness, Baer's sweaty desperation.
Writing
Dialogue that stumbles like actual drunk people talking.
Director
Marion Vernoux
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marion Vernoux adapted this from her own novel; the ski resort is real and apparently still gets film fans requesting 'the crash spot.'
This flopped hard in France (hence that brutal 3.9 TMDB score) but found minor cult status as an anti-rom-com for people who hate cute meet-cutes.
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