Jet Lag (2002) on Netflix
Rose, a beautician bound for Mexico, and Félix, a chef bound for Germany, meet by accident at Charles de Gaulle Airport. Strikes and bad weather leave them sharing a room overnight.
- Netflix3.0/5
- IMDb6.1/106,304 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes57%
Plot summary
Rose is a beautician who is flying to Mexico to begin a new job. She is at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris when she meets Félix by accident. Félix is a chef; he lives in the United States and has been delayed on his way to Germany. Labor strikes and bad weather, plus plain luck, leave the two of them with a room at the airport Hilton hotel for the night. Their first reactions to each other are indifferent, and their exchanges turn hostile.
Cast
- Michel Lepriolas The Waiter
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Jet Lag (2002)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Director Danièle Thompson had permission to shoot at Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport before the September 11, 2001 attacks, but it was withdrawn after them. She eventually gained only 10 shooting days of access to the real airport.
- Danièle Thompson first wrote the script in the early 1990s for Miramax Films, as an English-language film with Isabelle Adjani attached to star.
