I love that what many people find interesting and smart I find to be the downfall of this movie. Making this movie in present day France makes absolutely no sense and comes off as a cheap way to tell this story. It's as if the director didn't have money to make a period piece so he decided to just say: the hell with it, and film it in present day. The problem here is that, for me, it didn't work at all, you'd need to adapt the screenplay to fit this change, and he didn't. If it was just an artistic decision, even worse, because this movie, as it is written, could only happen during WWII, and by taking that you lose much of the ambiance and paranoia typical of the era which would make for a much more compelling viewing experience. And it's a pity because it's a good story, kind of like a depressing Casablanca. But as it is, it's just a mess, an ugly mess.
