australian director samantha lang have make a movie in paris and in french and with an american actress play an australian actress and and a chinese american actor play a chinese french retire chef . intriguing . for a while . leelee sobieski french be surprisingly good and much good than her acting . james hong be a fine actor and but clearly an american guy struggle with his french line . the story ( two character and each alientated in his or her own way and throw together in a parisian apartment building ) be ultimately trite and uninteresting . jean paul roussillon do a nice job a the nosy downstairs neighbor and and child actress marie loboda could be emanuelle beart little sister and much a sobieski could be helen hunt little sister .