Chicago – Here’s a film that pulls off the tricky feat of moving quickly while taking its time. Like its rollerblading protagonist, “The Girl on the Train” is constantly on the move, hurtling headfirst into a series of interlocking relationships. Yet the director, André Téchiné, is less interested in his story’s destination than he is with the journey his characters take, and the various circumstances that lead them to make life-altering, often inexplicable choices.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
With a career spanning over thirty years, Téchiné has truly emerged as one of France’s most gifted filmmakers. His storytelling approach has always been more poetic than plot-driven, and his latest work is no exception. Any moviegoer expecting “Girl on the Train” to be a penetrating examination of the real-life incident at its core will be disappointed. The film is an adaptation of Jean-Marie Besset’s play, which was inspired by a 2004 media...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
With a career spanning over thirty years, Téchiné has truly emerged as one of France’s most gifted filmmakers. His storytelling approach has always been more poetic than plot-driven, and his latest work is no exception. Any moviegoer expecting “Girl on the Train” to be a penetrating examination of the real-life incident at its core will be disappointed. The film is an adaptation of Jean-Marie Besset’s play, which was inspired by a 2004 media...
- 4/23/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Based on a play by Jean-Marie Besset, André Téchiné’s The Girl On The Train tells the true story of a young woman who claimed to be the victim of an anti-Semitic attack on a Paris suburban train, only to be exposed as a liar when her story failed to add up. In a city fraught with ethnic tensions, her tall tale opened up fault lines between races, religions, and political affiliations running far deeper than the peculiar lie itself. Much like Laurent Cantet’s great 2001 film Time Out, The Girl On The Train considers a well-known tabloid ...
- 1/21/2010
- avclub.com
Andre Techine's The Girl on the Train (opening in limited release Friday 1/22/10) feels like two different films cobbled together, without much to connect one to the other, beyond the fact that they're about the same characters. Granted, he divides the film into two sections -- "Circumstances" and "Consequences" -- but the disconnect between the two is huge. Based on a true story and adapted from a play by Jean-Marie Besset, Girl wants us to accept the inexplicable as a fact of human nature, which, of course, it is. But actually caring about the people who behave in an incomprehensible way is another story. The film is based on an actual case in which a French girl went to the police, claiming to have been the victim of a hate crime on an early-morning commuter train. She maintained she'd been harassed and...
- 1/20/2010
- by Marshall Fine
- Huffington Post
Tina Mabry's "Mississippi Damned," an independent American production, won the Gold Hugo as the best film in the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival, and added Gold Plaques for best supporting actress (Jossie Thacker) and best screenplay (Mabry). It tells the harrowing story of three black children growing up in rural Mississippi in circumstances of violence and addiction. The film's trailer and an interview with Mabry are linked at the bottom.
Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"
The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor,...
Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"
The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor,...
- 10/23/2009
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Stand Releasing will distribute 'The Girl on the Train,' Andre Techine's French-language film which is based on Jean-Marie Besset's play "Rer." The film stars Emilie Dequenne ("Rosetta") as a woman who claims to have suffered an anti-Semitic attack. Starring as her mother is Carherine Deneuve and Michel Blanc has the role of her attorney. Said Ben produces. Strand also distributed two other Techine films - "The Witnesses" and "Wild Reeds." Strand's current slate of films: "The Headless Woman" "A Woman in Berlin"...
- 9/8/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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