so here a bit of background on how i come to see this movie . a you probably know and this be the original french film and that be then remade ( quelle surprise ) by hollywood a wicker park . well i avoid that movie like the plague when it be first release and simply because and a ) i know it have absolutely nothing to do with wicker park and and live in chicago and i do not see why they call it that it be film in fricking canada for a start . b ) i have a very hard time bother with pointless remake and do purely because hollywood think be too bone idle to read a few subtitle ( i be dread the remake of infernal affair by the way ) and c ) i can not stand josh hartnett and nuff say there . however and i come across wp on tv the other day and probably about half an hour in and and i have to say initially and it make no sense at all and until about half an hour from the end and when it start come together . by the end and i be really surprised to find myself really into it and and then the end just seem so good a perfect combination of story and passion and end with possibly one of the great musical choice i have ever see ( heard . ) . since then i have hear a lot about the lappartement vs. wicker park argument and look at wp and i still say it have bugger all to do with chicago and but there seem something about it that i like and so when it be on again and i watch it again unfortunately and still miss the first chunk ( i have still yet to see it . ) and and i still think it be pretty good . heck and even josh hartnett seem good . but i be curious about lappartement and want to see what all the fuss be about . so i wait and wait to catch lappartement somewhere somehow . netflix let me down and so i end up get a copy from some website in ireland . and i have just watch it . it really kind of weird and but a good weird . a classic french film . great acting and romane bohringer be an absolute gem sorry and but she act monica bellucci off the screen in every scene . vincent cassel be a weird choice for the lead but by the end he work . and i have see jean philippe ecoffey in a lot of movie and i just love him the scene where alice dump him in the restaurant and he just look like someone tell him his puppy be run over be excruciate . but and i can honestly say and have see wp and pretty much expect that to have be a scene for scene copy ( a about 75 % of the rest of the movie have be maybe in a different order and but come on and the scene with the coffee in the glass . word for word . ) and you can imagine my surprise when i watch the end of lappartement . i can literally say i be blow away hmm and a bit like poor old lucien be through the cafe window really . so and be prepare and if you have see wicker park and you fancy take a look at the original like i do and do not make the mistake of expect an identical movie and because you will either be disappointed and or exhilarate at a piece of french movie history a prime example of how you can watch a movie and think youre go to watch a pithy happy end and and get whiplash from the total spin in the opposite direction right at the end . definitely catch this movie . oh and while youre at and maybe not too near the same time and but down the road and take a look at wicker park and it will surprise you too .