for an american and regularly expose to american movie and tapa be a unique and unusual experience . there be no special effect . there be no computer scenery . it be an altman like ensemble piece with closely related multiple story line perform by the most talented of actor . the main character include a middle age divorcée look for love and a bistro owner with a low opinion of the human race and two young supermarket stocker with party on their mind and an old lady who peddle drug to finance her and her husband decline year and and a chinese chef . this be one of the most realistic and entertaining european movie that i have see in some time . highly recommended .