Fille du RER, La (The Girl on the Train)

Provocative.
-Jonathan Romney, SCREEN DAILY
One is constantly propelled and dazzled.
-Armond White, NEW YORK PRESS
An irreducible and complex portrait of the drama that is modern life.
-Jeremy Heilman, MOVIEMARTYR.COM
Techine fashions a brilliantly complex, intimate multi-strander, held together by Emilie Dequenne whose radiant physicality threatens to eclipse even Catherine Deneuve.
-Ronnie Sheib, VARIETY

Synopsis

Jeanne (Émilie Dequenne) is a young woman living in the suburbs of Paris with her widowed mother Louise (Catherine Deneuve). Her slacker lifestyle is disrupted when she sparks an online courtship with Franck, an aspiring wrestler. When their real-life romance becomes destructive, Jeanne responds by going public with a story of being attacked on the train, casting herself as a mistaken victim of a hate crime.

Theatrical Release Date

Original Languages: French
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 105 min.
Year: 2009

CREDITS

CAST
Catherine Deneuve
Émilie Dequenne
Michel Blanc
Nicolas Duvauchelle
DIRECTED BY
André Téchiné

PHOTOS