Like every gearhead, the first time I ever saw the 1976 French film C'était un Rendez-vous, I was a drooling, envious mess. I mean, here was a guy who strapped a camera on the nose of his Ferrari and then ripped through pre-dawn Paris for eight minutes to meet up with his girl. Traffic signals? Forget it. Pedestrians? Watch out!

It was so captivating in the same way The Blair Witch Project would be two decades later, because it just had to be real, right? Those kids were as dead as this guy was alive. But, of course, nothing is as it seems.

If this is your first encounter with Claude Lelouche's motoring masterpiece, enjoy. Even if you're keyed into the movie magic, enjoy. Because it's Friday, and who couldn't use an unhinged romp through the City of Light before we all get stuck in traffic trying to get home for dinner?