director and auteur jean pierre rappenau be 8 year old during the spring of 1940 a france third republic disintegrate in a matter of a few week . it be a time and he say and when all the adult be a little bit insane . he and the production staff have lovingly and meticulously recreate that world in a film where all the character be essentially fictional . the structure and a classic farce and be ideal for the period a multiple plot line zip and intersect only to come together in a logical and satisfying conclusion . the peg for this plot be frederic and play by brilliant newcomer gregory derangere and who be fully up to play opposite adjani and depardieu and ledoyen . the real strength of the film be in it supporting performance . m. rappeneau have cast the film exquisitely with actor who volunteer idea for both action and dialogue and who know and prove that it be possible to fully realize a character with just two short sentence of dialogue . though not yet a widely influential a renoir rule of the game and bon voyage richly deserve to be a companion piece to that classic . though it demand a lot of the audience and it give much back . one of it demand be tolerance for a certain coyness and misdirection a to the exact genre we be watch represent a crime melodrama and no and a spy thriller and ah and a romantic comedy . recommend it to cinemaphile friend . just be sure to let them discover for themselves that it be a romantic comedy .