The Girl on the Train (La Fille du Rer) Screening: Thu. Oct 15th, 2009 @ 4:00 PM - Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael, CA
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FOCUS: FRANCE &bull Venerated post–New Wave filmmaker André Téchiné’s latest multi-character drama is an extremely shrewd, supple tale of modern French society grounded in a young woman’s disturbingly naive bid for attention and connection. Jeanne (Émilie Dequenne), a beautiful suburban 20-something, moves inattentively through life, rollerblading by with headphones on. Her first live-in relationship with aspiring wrestler Franck (Nicolas Duvauchelle) and her desultory search for employment mark her out as somehow detached, even helpless, despite her charm. Téchiné explores her psyche with a subtlety that unfolds mesmerizingly, as a defining incident shifts the trajectory of her story. Based on a real-life event in 2004—and boasting an outstanding ensemble cast that includes Catherine Deneuve, Ronit Elkabetz and Michel Blanc—the film eschews easy sensationalism for an astute dissection of intergenerational and interpersonal psychology that tentatively and provocatively maps the overlapping terrain of politics, anti-Semitism and media in contemporary France. —Rod Armstrong
Running time: 105 Country: France Category: World Cinema Directed by: André Téchiné Producer: Saïd Ben Saïd Screenwriters: André Téchiné, Odile Barski, Jean-Marie Besset Cinematographer: Julien Hirsch Editor: Martine Giordano Cast: Emilie Dequenne, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Blanc, Ronit Elkabetz, Mathieu Demy, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Ticket Code: GIRL15R
Print Source: Strand Releasing 6140 Washington Blvd Culver City, CA 90232
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Screening:
Thu. Oct 15th, 2009 @ 4:00 PM - Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael CA
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