Jet Lag is a 2002 film starring Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche is a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international accolades, is a published author and has appeared on stage across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during...

 and Jean Reno

Jean Reno

Jean Reno is a French actor. Working in French, English, Spanish and Italian, he has appeared not only in numerous successful Hollywood productions such as The Pink Panther, Godzilla, The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible, Ronin and Couples Retreat, but also in European productions such as the...

. It is the second film directed by Danièle Thompson

Danièle Thompson

Danièle Thompson is a French film director and screenwriter. She is the daughter of film director Gérard Oury and actress Jacqueline Roma....

, after the 1999 release La Bûche.

Plot

At Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, a French beautician (Juliette Binoche) on her way to a new job in Mexico accidentally meets a French chef (Jean Reno) who has been delayed on his way to Germany from his residence in the United States. Labor strikes, bad weather, and pure luck cause the two of them to share a room overnight at the airport Hilton hotel. Their initial mutual indifference and downright hostility evolves into romance and a reexamination of their lives.

Cast

(in credits order)

• Juliette Binoche
  Juliette Binoche
  Juliette Binoche is a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international accolades, is a published author and has appeared on stage across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during...
  
   as Rose
• Jean Reno
  Jean Reno
  Jean Reno is a French actor. Working in French, English, Spanish and Italian, he has appeared not only in numerous successful Hollywood productions such as The Pink Panther, Godzilla, The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible, Ronin and Couples Retreat, but also in European productions such as the...
  
   as Félix
• Sergi López as Sergio
• Scali Delpeyrat as The Doctor
• Karine Belly as Air France Attendant
• Raoul Billerey as Félix's Father
• Nadège Beausson-Diagne as A Roissy Passenger
• Alice Taglioni as Ground Hostess
• Jérôme Keen as The Concierge
• Sébastien Lalanne as The Barman
• Michel Lepriol as The Waiter
• M'bembo as Post Office Employee (as Mbembo)
• Laurence Colussi as Hostess
• Lucy Harrison as Hostess
• Rebecca Steele as Hostess
• Thiam - Hostess

Production

• Danièle Thompson originally wrote the script for Miramax Films
  Miramax Films
  Miramax Films is an American entertainment company known for distributing independent and foreign films. For its first 14 years the company was privately owned by its founders, Bob and Harvey Weinstein...
  
   in the early 1990s with Isabelle Adjani
  Isabelle Adjani
  Isabelle Yasmine Adjani is a French film actress and singer. Adjani has appeared in 30 films since 1970. She holds the record for most César Awards for Best Actress with five, for Possession , One Deadly Summer , Camille Claudel , Queen Margot and Skirt Day...
  
   attached to star in an English language version.(source: allocine.fr)
• Danièle Thompson obtained permission to film at Charles de Gaulle Airport prior to September 11, 2001. After the terrorist attacks permission was withdrawn. Thompson then obtained permission to use Lourdes Airport, but was not convinced that viewers would believe it was Charles de Gaulle Airport. Eventually she managed to gain 10 shooting days access to Charles de Gaulle Airport. The rest was filmed on sets and in Libby Airport.
• Décalage Horaire is the second collaboration of mother and son writing team Danièle Thompson & Christophe Thompson after the 1999 film La Bûche.
• Décalage Horaire is one of the rare comedies in Juliette Binoche
  Juliette Binoche
  Juliette Binoche is a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international accolades, is a published author and has appeared on stage across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during...
  
  's career, after Les Nanas
  Les Nanas
  -Synopsis:Christine, in her forties, learns that her partner Robert has been having an affair for the past few months. As a liberated woman, Christine refuses to remain in such a situation, and surrounded by her girlfriends who are themselves struggling to find their Mr Right, she takes steps to...
  
   (1985, Annick Lanoë) A Couch in New York
  A Couch in New York
  A Couch in New York is a 1996 film about an anonymous exchange of apartments between a successful New York psychoanalyst and a young woman from Paris...
  
   (1995, Chantal Akerman) and Chocolat (2000, Lasse Hallstrom).