The Girl on the Train

2009 · 1h 45m

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

Cast

Émilie Dequenne

Jeanne

Catherine Deneuve

Louise

Michel Blanc

Samuel Bleistein

Mathieu Demy

Alex, le fils de Samuel

Ronit Elkabetz

Judith