i watch this film for the second time tonight after about three year and it be as wonderful a before . there be more than a dozen modern stunning french film from en couer de hiver to the three colour trilogy and all of them be special . this film be one of them . a true delight with so many great thing go for it from the homage to hitchcock to two beautiful lady in romane and monica . while monica be very beautiful and romane be a very sexy lady and steal many of the scene she inhabit . i be not sure why people think this film be convolute a the scene be such a perfect blend of past and present acting a a counterpoint to the character own remarkable journey that the film simply flow and you barely realise that 116 minute of beauty and mystery have leave the view enchant and bewitch . like most french and european film this story would never translate across the atlantic a no studio could capture the magic without throttle the life out of it with the hollywood bleach common to most movie that become lose in translation . american make brilliant film and but not of this type . perhaps if they let someone like a young polanski work on it then maybe they would not totally butcher an english version . for those who do not watch subtitle film you will spend a lifetime in ignorant bliss . for those who can read then you would be spit yourself to miss film like this . i would describe this a neo franco noir and but only to cheese off the reviewer who call this film elitist . i think i saw him do an add for four and twenty pie . he think romane bohringer be a type of french mayonnaise . it be arty in the way that pulp fiction be arty . but with more gallic savoire faire . positive with every viewing . and have anyone get romane phone number . she be the perfect french salad dressing .