There was a Woody Allen film with Tea Leoni around 2001 or 02 where he goes blind from stress and directs a movie blind. And in the end the film ends up being a monster hit in France. The director of The Tourist is German. I'm sure he feels he made the exact kind of film he wanted. I think the lesson is many Europeans like fucked up movies. Speaking of which I suggest you guys do the movie Swimming Pool by director Francios Ozon from 2003 starring Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier.