The Girl on the Train

Friday, January 22 - Thursday, March 4, 2010

Jeanne lives in a house in the suburbs with her mother Louise. The two women get on well together. Louise earns her living by looking after children. Jeanne is half-heartedly looking for a job. Louise harbors the hope of getting her daughter a job with Samuel Bleistein, a famous lawyer whom she knew in her youth. Jeanne’s and Bleistein’s worlds are light years apart. However, they’ll be set on a collision course because of an incredible lie that Jeanne invents, a lie that grows into the biggest news and political story of the day.

• Country France
• Language In French with English subtitles.
• Rating NR
• Year 2010
• Running Time 105 minutes
• Distributor Strand Releasing
• Director André Techiné
• Cast Emilie Dequenne, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Blanc, Mathieu Demy

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