La fille du RER (2009)

Note Générale:

6,4/10   

Réalisateur:

André Téchiné

Scénaristes:

Odile Barski (scenario)
Jean-Marie Besset (scenario)

Date de sortie:

18 mars 2009 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

A drama centered on a young woman who claims she was the target of an anti-Semetic attack and the subsequent media sensation it creates. |

Plot Keywords:

Lie | Train | Mother Daughter Relationship | Roller Skates | Rich Man

Avis des utilisateurs:

Amusing, but it probably wasn't meant that way

Ensemble

Émilie Dequenne	...	Jeanne
Michel Blanc	...	Samuel Bleistein
Catherine Deneuve	...	Louise
Mathieu Demy	...	Alex
Ronit Elkabetz	...	Judith
Nicolas Duvauchelle	...	Franck
Jérémie Quaegebeur	...	Nathan (as Jérémy Quaegebeur)
Djibril Pavadé	...	Tom
Alain Cauchi	...	Marius
Amer Alwan	...	Le vendeur de bagages
Mélaine Leconte	...	La serveuse
Raphaëline Goupilleau	...	L'officier de la brigade des Stups
Arnaud Valois	...	Gabi
Bruno Mary	...	Policier hôpital
Jessica Borio	...	Secrétaire

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Girl on the Train (Europe: English title) (festival title)

Durée:

105 min | Germany:105 min (European Film Market)

Pays:

France

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Classification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:9

Société:

SBS Films

Amusing, but it probably wasn't meant that way

I just watched this film in the cinema, and I got to say, at the end I was walking out of the cinema with a big smile on my face. Not because I had seen a very good movie, but rather because I found the sheer randomness of the narrative pretty funny.

The movie tries to give a psychological motivation for the actions of its protagonist Jeanne, but what it actually accomplishes is very a fragmented sketch of Jeanne's life. There seems to be some causality in the narrative, but nowhere is there real motivation for the plot events. A lot of loose ends are left untied, and I kind of wondered why some things were even shown.

The film style is sloppy and unimaginative. The director tries to establish a motif by repeatedly showing shots involving a metro, but the shots don't really fit well and its only purpose seems to be to remind us of what the movie is about (if you knew before going to see the movie). The editing is fragmentary and mediocre, the cinematography seems okay.

I wouldn't really recommend seeing this film, though as I said before, I did enjoy myself, if not really for the reason I was supposed to.