The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

105 mins | Drama, Romance | March 18, 2009

The Girl on the Train is a 2009 French drama film directed by André Téchiné. Jeanne is a young woman, striking but otherwise without qualities. Her mother tries to get her a job in the office of a lawyer, Bleistein, her lover years ago. Jeanne fails the interview but falls into a relationship with Franck, a wrestler whose dreams and claims of being in a legitimate business partnership Jeanne is only too happy to believe. When Franck is arrested, he turns on Jeanne for her naivety; she's stung and seeks attention by making up a story of an attack on a train. Is there any way out for her?

The Girl on the Train

105 mins | Drama, Romance | March 18, 2009

The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train is a 2009 French drama film directed by André Téchiné. Jeanne is a young woman, striking but otherwise without qualities. Her mother tries to get her a job in the office of a lawyer, Bleistein, her lover years ago. Jeanne fails the interview but falls into a relationship with Franck, a wrestler whose dreams and claims of being in a legitimate business partnership Jeanne is only too happy to believe. When Franck is arrested, he turns on Jeanne for her naivety; she's stung and seeks attention by making up a story of an attack on a train. Is there any way out for her?
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, TPS Star, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), SBS Productions, Sofica UGC 1, Soficinéma 5
Original title La fille du RER
Directors André Téchiné
Writers André Téchiné, Odile Barski

Cast

Michel Blanc

as Samuel Bleistein

Catherine Deneuve

as Louise

Émilie Dequenne

as Jeanne

Mathieu Demy

as Alex, le fils de Samuel

Ronit Elkabetz

as Judith

Jérémie Quaegebeur

as Nathan, leur fils

Arnaud Valois

as Gabi