at time i really wonder when i look at the comment here it seem a if most people have see a completely different film than i have . i have just see it . and like it . not in the way and that it make me happy and but in the way of have see a good film . the film need some patience and yes . and yes and the main character be really annoying and but that i be sure be by intention . maybe it really make a difference if you watch this film in a cinema or at home . most people watch film at home like they be listen to elevator music . this movie definitely doesn not fit a background noise . and no . good direct doesn not mean have five laugh or explosion a second . good directing mean follow your subject and keep the story and actor together . and while that doesn not work out perfectly and at least i think it work quite good . i like the photography and set and even if they brink on the surreal at time . the opening scene be really special . i also like the acting guillaume depardieu be not play pierre . he be act the role of a pierre who be himself play a role . pierre be not the romantic hero that he so hard try to be and he be a presumptuous and self righteous idiot and a downright weakling who by and by harm all the people he claim to protect . that even his love for truth be simply a pose be beautifully demonstrate by his ongoing lying and not even once ask question or explain himself . people be wonder where this or that person come from and other stuff represent no character who be see for more than two scene be leave unexplained and there be enough information scatter throughout the film on everyone . and even the strange building begin to make sense as soon a the target practicing be see represent remember that isabelle flee from a war zone and obviously this be a refuge for fighter in a civil war and most likely bosnia ( which be still go on and when the film be produce ) . at least that what be hint at by the story isabelle tell pierre when she first meet him and by the late scene where pierre show isabelle the book with his father on the cover and which be surround by book on bosnia .