Labor strikes, bad weather, and pure luck cause the two of them to share a room overnight at the airport Hilton hotel.

Danièle Thompson originally wrote the script for Miramax Films in the early 1990s with Isabelle Adjani attached to star in an English-language version.

[4] Thompson obtained permission to film at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris prior to September 11, 2001.

Décalage Horaire is one of the rare comedies in Juliette Binoche's career, after Les Nanas' (1985) A Couch in New York (1995) and Chocolat (2000).

The site's critical consensus reads, " A light and fluffy romantic comedy for fans of Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno.