This is one of those genres that can be likened to a literary referential term - buildingsroman.
Starting with a French foreign affairs diplomat who is returning from Tajikistan after a decade.
On being intercepted at the Airport customs by an intelligence officer seeking to understand his double life.
That triggers a series of flashbacks that take us through his life from a child to a teenager and into adulthood.
The script runs us through his dysfunctional family and his troubled relationship with his father adn mother.
His siblings and his inevitable love affair with a slighly off kilter girl well into their adulthood.
It is slightly underwhelming after a decent build up.
The cast is predictably pretty (aah the french!) but while interesting eventually it doesnt amount to much.
Starting with a French foreign affairs diplomat who is returning from Tajikistan after a decade.
On being intercepted at the Airport customs by an intelligence officer seeking to understand his double life.
That triggers a series of flashbacks that take us through his life from a child to a teenager and into adulthood.
The script runs us through his dysfunctional family and his troubled relationship with his father adn mother.
His siblings and his inevitable love affair with a slighly off kilter girl well into their adulthood.
It is slightly underwhelming after a decent build up.
The cast is predictably pretty (aah the french!) but while interesting eventually it doesnt amount to much.