seldom do we see such short comment write by imdb filmgoers . perhaps it because this lightweight dark comedy entertains and pleases without depth and or be we miss something . i would watch it again if i have some incentive . so what a happenstance . to the french it be le battement dailes du papillon serendipity . fate . perhaps it an event that be the culmination of a series of random happening . we have all have these ( it call life ) but when look at in this way and you begin to get the feeling that random might be more like fat . a happenstance in this film might be an occurrence as minor a knock a few leaf of lettuce off the back of a truck or as major a base a major life decision on the accuracy of a stranger tossing of a pebble . all these incident cause other event that . well you get the picture . domino . multiply those by 30 character and an average of 6 each and you have to really stretch your imagination to accept the remote chance that this scenario could happen . and i think that there a diagnosis for those who believe that life be like this . but then this be the magic world of cinema . we admit that it be fun to watch the way the writer or director weave together these unrelated event into a story which enmesh the life of these french citizen . if you have a couple of hour and be look for a whimsical escape and here the place to do it . or if youre recover from surgery and aren not go anywhere anyway and this will engage you while your stitch be heal . happenstance will not go down as an award winner but it should develop a cult follow . strange thing have happen . soren kierkegaard be attribute with the following represent life can only be understood backwards while but it must be live forward . if you look at the detail in many of your own life experience ( meet your first love and find the perfect gift and your last auto accident ) you would find a series of seemingly random event lead up to it . that the answer . i forget to bring along an existentialist to explain happenstance to me .