THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
aka LA FILLE DU RER
Year: 2009
USA: Strand Releasing
UK: Soda Pictures
Cast: Emilie Dequenne, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Blanc, Ronit Elkabetz, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Jeremy Quaegebeur, Djibril Pavade, Alain Cauchi, Amer Alwan, Melaine Leconte, Raphaëline Goupilleau, Arnaud Valois
Director: Andre Techine
Country: France
Language: French (English subtitles)
USA: mins
UK: 102 mins
USA Rated: Unrated
UK Certificate: tbc
USA Release Date: 22 January 2010 (Limited Release - New York)
UK Release Date: 4 June 2010 (Limited Release)
Synopsis
Jeanne (Emilie Dequenne) still lives at home with her mother, Louise (Catherine Deneuve). Louise works as a childminder, while her daughter is half-heartedly looking for a job. Louise hopes she can help Jeanne get a job with Samuel Bleistein (Michel Blanc), a famous lawyer whom she knew in her youth.
However the reality is that Jeanne and Bleistein's worlds are vastly different, but because of an incredible lie that Jeanne invents they'll be set on a collision course as the lie develops into the biggest news and political story of the day.