The basic idea is not so unintersting; it would be rather good, but the development is totally a mess, with an unconvincing Karine Viard, maybe because she was herself not convinced at all by this unlikely script. I was really bored most of the time, but I repeat, the basic scheme could have been more interesting if treated in another way, with more character intensity. Dul performances and production design too. I prefered STUPEUR ET TREMBLEMENTS aka Fear and Trembling - not Shaking - made by Alain Corneau in 2003, from an Amélie Nothomb's book and also showing French people living in Japan thru the business angle.