A woman flying to France to confront her straying fiance gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next to her uses her for smuggling.A woman flying to France to confront her straying fiance gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next to her uses her for smuggling.A woman flying to France to confront her straying fiance gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next to her uses her for smuggling.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
- Juliette
- (as Susan Anbeh)
- Claire
- (as Elizabeth Commelin)
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- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKevin Kline had a professor to coach him with the French to speak it as a Frenchman. He studied French during his Jr. High/High school years and a year in college. He didn't learn to speak it until he went to Alliance Française in New York.
- GoofsTrains from Paris to Cannes do not go past the Eiffel Tower.
- Quotes
Kate: Happy, smile. Sad, frown. Use the corresponding face with the corresponding emotion. But no. You want this mysterious...
Luc: Non. No no no. It is not me who wants it. I don't want it.
Kate: Well what do you want?
Luc: I want you... I want you...
Kate: You want me...
Luc: I want you... to... make Charlie suffer. To make him feel like even though you are right there in front of him, he can't have you.
[he realizes then that he is talking about himself]
- Crazy creditsNear the beginning of the credits, we hear the voices of Kate and Luc. They talk, and then he sings the song "La Mer."
- SoundtracksLes Yeux de ton Père
Performed by Les Négresses Vertes
Written by Mathieu Crespin, Jean-Marie Paulus, Noel Rota, Stefane Mellino and Mathieu Paulus
Courtesy of Sire Records by arrangement with Warner Special
Products and Courtesy of Delabel
She becomes seated next to a typical rude Frenchman (Kline) on the plane, he is smuggling a grape vine and an expensive necklace into France, puts it is her knapsack to clear customs. They get separated at the airport, but he catches up with her at the hotel she told him she would be at. However, she fainted when she saw her finacee with the Frenchie, and her luggage and knapsack are stolen by a professional thief that Klein happens to know. He finds the thief, the knapsack, the grapevine, but no necklace. Ryan takes off for Nice and Cannes to find Hutton. Klein follows her.
She has lactose intolerance, eats too much cheese on the train, they have to stop in a small town, which happens to be Klein's hometown. They meet some relatives, he shows her his dream of his vineyard. In Cannes they meet up with Hutton, he is amazed at what a changed person she is, she realizes it was through knowing Klein that she grew out of her shell, the stolen necklace ends up around her neck, she turns it in to the police, gets her $45,000 life savings wired from home, gives it to Klein pretending it was from sale of the necklace to Cartier.
Since she was between foresaking her American citizenship and applying for Canadian citizenship, but her passport and papers were lost, and she is a woman without a nation, she stays in France with Klein. This movie confirms my opinion that Kevin Klein is perhaps the best comedic actor alive, and even sings the closing song, sounding much like maurice Chevalier. The reparte' between him and Ryan is just so much fun. Ryan plays basically the same character she usually does, typified by her role in "When Harry Met Sally", but she always does a fine job. This movie is so much fun, and so well done, I rate it "8" of 10.
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Paris Match
- Filming locations
- Chateau Val Joanis, Pertuis, Vaucluse, France(grape harvest scenes)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $38,896,854
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,018,022
- May 7, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $101,982,854
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1