once again have see and enjoy a fine film i turn to these page and find it inexplicable that no one have see fit to offer an opinion . despite a slew of good review ( the french tend to favor a nought to three star system ) and three maximum and six havery good and in four week in paris it only rack up one hundred thousand admission and last week be down to six thousand in five salles which mean that the ruthless french distributor will yank it any minute now . that no way to treat bertrand tavernier but compare to claude lelouch he probably feel he be fete while lelouch late and the human condition represent part one and parisiens and have be yank already after just four week and i get there just in time but that another story . it amaze what tavernier have be able to do with a very basic story of a french couple jacques gamblin and isabelle carre attempt to adopt a baby girl in cambodia . okay and location shooting help but frankly cambodia not that interest or photogenic whichever way you slice it and it very much the central performance that sell this one . there solid support from a few other couple in the same boat but gamblin be carre be light year ahead of the pack . both and of course and have be around a while and both have cop award and carre and a best actress cesar for se souvenir de belle choses ( another outstanding film that be let down by the public ) and gamblin in tavernier own recent masterpiece laissez passer and but somehow they have never receive the recognition they deserve and it may be that they will be deny this time around too . for a cynical westerner like me it all too easy to believe in the political or governmental corruption that obtain in country like cambodia and tavernier do little to disabuse me and tell it and presumably and like it be . and that all it be and really and hope segue to frustration and more hope and more bribe until at last . but go and see it and it worth it and believe me .