be a big fan of jeunet more recent film and i be happy to find this one on cable last week . i find myself chuckle through the whole thing while not just at the joke and but at the painstaking way jeunet and caro plant plot and scenic and and sound detail that later play important part in the film . ( they even take time for thing like design and film one of the clever opening credit sequence i have see . ) jeunet film be a feast of color and sound and where almost every character be memorable in his or her own way . the plot be simple and but why complain . the director have create an entire world for u to enjoy and fill with quirky people ( the suicide woman and the guy who make animal noisemaker . for whom . ) and weird set design ( there must be a plumbing fetishist on the crew ) and and painstakingly create set piece ( the flood and the fight on the roof and the squeaky bed ) . relax and let your eye and ear be dazzle by this offbeat comic romance .