The Girl On The Train
Filmmaker: Screenplay by Odile Barski
France, Cert.12 / 2010 / 105 min / French
Opening Weekend Date: 4 June 2010
Check out our exclusive interview with screenwriter Odile Barski on the Birds Eye View Blog.
French auteur Téchiné returns to the screen with a powerful interpretation of a true story that shocked the French consciousness.
Jeanne (Emilie DeQuenne) is a free spirited rollerblading Parisian young woman living at home with her widowed mother (Catherine Deneuve). Half-heartedly looking for a job she goes for an interview with her mother's old flame, Samuel Bleiston (Michel Blanc), now a world famous Jewish lawyer. Turned down because of secretarial inexperience the interview sets in motion a turn of events that grow into a huge political, and national news story, having ramifications for all involved. As Jeanne decides to escape her mother's comfortable nest and sets up home with newfound love Franck (Nicolas Duvauchelle), an aspiring wrestler, she soon finds herself in more trouble. Alongside the film's political agenda, the film is fuelled by a fast-burning romance.
"Glorious Masterpiece"
Alex Udvary, Critic Picks
"One is constantly propelled and dazzled"
Armond White, New York Press