Based on a play that was itself inspired by a 2004 scandal, this insight into French politics and culture is less persuasive as a human drama. Director André Téchiné is keen to demonstrate that dysfunction is not the preserve of working-class families. But the travails of lawyer Michel Blanc and estranged son Mathieu Demy are never as compelling as the fallout from Parisian twentysomething Émilie Dequenne’s relationships with child-minder mother Catherine Deneuve and wrestler boyfriend Nicolas Duvauchelle and her curious decision to lie about an assault by a gang of anti-Semitic black and Arab youths.
The Girl On The Train Review
Parisian twentysomething Emilie Dequenne's affair with her wrestler boyfriend (Nicolas Duvauchelle) comes apart when she pretends to be the victim of an anti-Semitic assault. When the 'assault' makes international news, things become even murkier.
Release Date:
04 Jun 2010
Running Time:
101 minutes
Certificate:
TBC
Original Title:
Girl On The Train, The
A smart and incisive look at race, identity and dysfunction in modern French society.
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