We wish Sir Michael would stop doing American accents - it was that Oscar win for Cider House Rules that did it. He could just have easily been an Englishman in Paris with an American son (Justin Kirk; the daughter character - played by Gillian Anderson - is redundant) pining for his lost wife Jane Alexander, falling in friendship with Clémence Poésy, who teaches cha-cha.
Film seems to run a long time, though isn't that long. Draws to a satisfying enough conclusion until the Caine character kills himself - we were incensed by both character (selfish bastard) and writer, so marked it down accordingly. You'll have to do better then that, Ms Nettelbeck. Françoise Dorner wrote the source novel.
It was a nice apartment in St Germain - apart from that we only recognised Parc Monceau.
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