18 November 2010

The Girl on the Train

2009 • Director: André Téchiné
Foreign •
Unrated • 101 minutes
UGC / Strand Releasing

Color • Language: French (with subtitles)
Starring Émile Dequenne, Catherine Deneuve


A Parisienne claims to have been assaulted by a group of minorities. The film progresses slowly, but that's not its fatal flaw. Rather, it overreaches in wanting to discuss the media, prejudice, lies and anti-Semitism, but only hints at the issues without fully exploring any of them.  Rating: B