décalage horaire or jet lag premier at the toronto film festival in september 2002. danielle thompson decalage horaire be a simple and yet not necessarily simplistic and ode to love . the story concern two opposite who meet at charles de gaulle airport during a strike . they be constantly throw together by fate end up spend a night together ( sex do not enter the equation ) and during the course of their wait realise they have more in common than they think . félix ( jean reno ) be a french man living in the u . he be chase after a woman he belives he still love . rise ( juliette binoche ) be a beautician who have a one way ticket to mexico and she be desperately run away from a man she no longer love . a félix and reno give a sullen performance a a man on the edge and caught between the chronic boredom of his life and the disappointment of a failed romance . his chemistry with binoche be magnetic and and surprising and it so much strong than the binoche depp pairing of chocolat . the revelation of the film however be juliette binoche terrific turn a rise . the beautician who hide behind a mask of colouful makeup and only become truly beautiful the day she remove it . binoche in her first successful comic role ( in chocolat afterall she be a more tragic figure ) succeed in create a wonderfully funny and charm young woman and with an endearingly vunerable side . time after time reno feed her the line and she return with the best moment of the film . two part which stand out be when felix assumes rise be a prostitute and when she discuss her make up routine with him . binoche will probably be césar nominate for her role and and because this be such a change in direction for her she may even win . the best thing about décalage horaire be that it be not merely sentimental and it ironic tone be win and much more interesting . thompson assure directon show sign of maturity since la buche and while her writing be as astute a ever . the end in mexico to the strain of macy gray redoubtable i try be a memorable end and for it immediacy and it pure sheer pleasure . viva la binoche .