Bon Voyage Movie Review 2003

Successful comedy-adventure mixes romance, espionage, murder, and melodrama amid the chaos of the Nazi occupation of France. In the role of a lifetime, Adjani is Viviane, an amoral movie star who's seeing government minister Beaufort (Depardieu) but gets humble former flame Frederic (Derangere) to do her bidding, including disposing of the body of a blackmailer (Vaude). Fred gets busted with the body, takes the rap, and winds up in jail only to escape with the help of resourceful criminal Raoul (Attal). Coyote does a turn as a spy posing as a journalist who also has a thing for the tres popular Viviane. The lives of all the characters intersect with interesting results in this not completely original but engaging and well-made romp.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on DVD
Running time 114 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comic Adventure, Comedy Drama, World War II, Period Piece: 1940s, France, Nazis & Other Paramilitary Slugs, Romantic Triangles, Homicide, Blackmail, World War II Spies

Screenplay

Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Gilles Marchand, Patrick Modiano

Cast

Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Yvan Attal, Peter Coyote, Aurore Clement, Xavier De Guillebon, Edith Scob, Michel Vuillermoz, Gregori Derangere, Jean-Marc Stehle, Nicolas Pignon

Cinematography

Thierry Arbogast

Director

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Music

Gabriel Yared

Other

Pierre Gamet, Jean Goudier, Dominique Hennequin, Marline Monthieux, Catherine Leterrier, Jacques Rouxel

Producer

Michael Petin, Laurent Petin, France 2 Cinema, France 3 Cinema, Canal Plus, ARP