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Tombés du ciel

  • 1993
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
295
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Tombés du ciel (1993)
ComedyDrama

A traveller who has lost his passport in a Paris airport while between flights is restricted to a special transit zone. There he finds a group of similarly lost people hiding out and living ... Read allA traveller who has lost his passport in a Paris airport while between flights is restricted to a special transit zone. There he finds a group of similarly lost people hiding out and living from hand-to-mouth, reliant on their ingenuity to survive.A traveller who has lost his passport in a Paris airport while between flights is restricted to a special transit zone. There he finds a group of similarly lost people hiding out and living from hand-to-mouth, reliant on their ingenuity to survive.

  • Director
    • Philippe Lioret
  • Writers
    • Philippe Lioret
    • Michel Ganz
  • Stars
    • Jean Rochefort
    • Marisa Paredes
    • Ticky Holgado
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    295
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Philippe Lioret
    • Writers
      • Philippe Lioret
      • Michel Ganz
    • Stars
      • Jean Rochefort
      • Marisa Paredes
      • Ticky Holgado
    • 8User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Jean Rochefort
    Jean Rochefort
    • Arturo Conti
    Marisa Paredes
    Marisa Paredes
    • Suzana, la femme d'Arturo
    Ticky Holgado
    Ticky Holgado
    • Serge
    Laura del Sol
    • Angela
    Sotigui Kouyaté
    Sotigui Kouyaté
    • Knak
    Ismaïla Meite
    • Zola
    Jean-Louis Richard
    Jean-Louis Richard
    • Monsieur Armanet
    José Artur
    • Le marchand de journaux
    Olivier Saladin
    • Le restaurateur
    Claude Dereppe
    • Bébert, le planton
    Jacques Mathou
    Jacques Mathou
    • Policier contrôle 1
    Christian Sinniger
    Christian Sinniger
    • Policier contrôle 2
    Yves Osmu
    • Policier commissariat
    Dimitri Radochevitch
    • Le chauffeur du car
    Pierre Laplace
    • Inspecteur commissariat
    Nirupama Nityanandan
    • L'hôtesse Royal Nepal Airlines
    Zoon Besse
    • L'employé de Bateaux-Mouche
    • (as Zoon)
    Luc Laporte
    • Le passager agressé
    • Director
      • Philippe Lioret
    • Writers
      • Philippe Lioret
      • Michel Ganz
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    • Connections
      Version of The Terminal (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      La nostalgie - Daleko tan
      (La chanson du car)

      Musique: Jeff Cohen / Lyric: Alexandre Czastkiewicz

      Chanteur polonais: Alexandre Czastkiewicz

      Jeff Cohen, Piano

      Carol Robinson, Clarinette

      Xavier Gagnepain, Violoncelle

      Alexis Galpéline, Violin

      Frédéric Daverio, Accordéon

      L'ensembre orchedtre: "Harmonia Nova"

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    lost in the airport

    This is a story of a man, Arturo who lives in Canada. He must spend the Christmas and New Year holidays with his wife, Suzana who lives in Paris. For this, he must catch the flight Montréal-Paris. Unfortunately, his identity papers are stolen and the customs officer refuses to let him go out of the airport. As a consequence, Arturo is put in transit. There, he'll discover a world of the airport that he didn't know at all and will strike a relationship with others persons that have been waiting for days, weeks, months...

    This is precisely Philippe Lioret's goal in this movie. He wants to show us the other world of the airport, a world that the traveler doesn't know. Lioret reached his goal and he made a pleasant movie that contains nice moments. It's only a pity that the comic situations are often unfinished.

    But "Tombés du ciel" is a movie that is worth seeing just for Jean Rochefort's subtle (although sometimes inexpressive) performance. In a way, the movie is very similar to another French movie released the same year: "la joie de vivre" (1993). The quoted movie was saved thanks to Michel Bouquet. Both are minor movies saved by two terrific actors.
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    • Release date
      • February 23, 1994 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Spain
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Lost in Transit
    • Production companies
      • Epithète Films
      • Filmanía S.L.
      • Bymages
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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