The Girl on the Train
2009 · Movie · 105 min · ★ 5.9 · 72% critics
A drifting young woman in suburban Paris struggles to find work and falls for a charismatic but unreliable man. After that relationship collapses, she invents a shocking story about an attack on a commuter train, setting off consequences she never seems fully prepared for.
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Details
- Original title
- La fille du RER
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-03-18
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (60 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to moody, character-focused French dramas with uneasy social themes, especially if you liked The Witnesses or Wild Reeds; Not for you if you want clear motives and a tightly driven plot.
Pros: intriguing true-life premise; strong lead performance; thought-provoking ambiguity | Cons: slow first half; limited emotional clarity; unresolved feeling
Cast & crew
Émilie Dequenne
as Jeanne
Catherine Deneuve
as Louise
Michel Blanc
as Samuel Bleistein
Mathieu Demy
as Alex, le fils de Samuel
Ronit Elkabetz
as Judith
Nicolas Duvauchelle
as Franck
- JQ
Jérémie Quaegebeur
as Nathan, leur fils
Arnaud Valois
as Gabi
Djibril Pavadé
Alain Cauchi
Directed by André Téchiné