absolutely excellent, wish I could live inside this time and setting for ever

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2012)

Really an excellent film, especially if you grew up in the 70s or 80, or perhaps lived through them, every detail places that film in the period and its pace and feel exudes delicious realism that is so far from the crowd of 'hollywood supermarket' type film- making, set, setting, coupled with some good actors, performances with intriguing and modern cinematography and editing. very nice film, if a little depressing on leaving the cinema at what France and Germany has done to europe today. Actually I have watched it several times as the style is so different one misses the odd bit of dialog or a momentary glance or look in the eyes which actually builds a myriad of little pieces which joins up to make the film a whole. In fact the seemingly straight forward twist in the plot actually takes hold at various points in the film, so it is easy to not understand it completely, begging a second, or fifth, viewing; snaking around ideas of double and triple agents whilst reminding us of the deeper Britain.