Dir.: Jonathan Rossiter; Script: James Lasdun, Jonathan Rossiter; Phot.: Michael Barrow, John Foster; Ed.: Madeleine Gavin; Mus.: David Suchet, Lisa Harrow, Jared Harris, Arnold Barkus, Jimmy Broadway, Joe Grifasi; Cast: Goatworks Films, 21 Prince Street, New York, NY 10012 (États-Unis), tél. & fax: (212) 431-9737; Prod. & Sales: CFP.

Madeleine, a middle-aged English actress, out of work but not out of hope, accosts Oliver, a downsized IBM executive, with the words: "You're Matthew Delacorta, the film director". With this fateful phrase, innocent or not, she triggers a day of romantic intrigue, deceit and emotional hijinks that leaves both sides reeling. "The film creates an elegant maze in which a middle-aged man living in a shelter in Queens is mistaken by a middle-aged actress for a famous director. Or is she mistaken after all? David Suchet, usually seen as the impeccable Hercule Poirot on PBS's 'Mystery', becomes this downtrodden man with complete credibility, and the film creates a playful mirror world even while examining the realistic texture of diminished lives and expectations." -- Caryn James (New York Times) "A quiet, delicately balanced drama about two people who meet oddly and go on to weave a web of shared illusions." -- Janet Maslin (New York Times)