The Girl on the Train (5.8)

Movie · 2009 · 1 h 37 min · Drama, Romance

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?

Directed by: André Téchiné

Starring Émilie Dequenne, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Blanc, Mathieu Demy, Ronit Elkabetz, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Jérémie Quaegebeur, Arnaud Valois, Djibril Pavadé, Alain Cauchi

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