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Le Train (1973)

War | 95 minutes
3,20 38 votes

Genre: War / Romance

Duration: 95 minuten

Alternative titles: The Train / The Last Train / Noi Due senza Domani

Country: France / Italy

Directed by: Pierre Granier-Deferre

Stars: Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Maurice Biraud

IMDb score: 6,9 (1.987)

Releasedate: 31 October 1973

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Le Train plot

1940. Two people, a Frenchman Julien Maroyeur and a Jewish German woman (Anna Kupfer) meet on a train while trying to escape the Germans invading France.

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Movsin

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Based on a novel by Georges Simenon: a passionate love amidst the violence of war, the German invasion, and the mass flight from the aggressor to a more southern France.

The film is interspersed with archival footage, naturally in black and white, where the contrast with the color of the story itself struck me as somewhat distracting. A black-and-white film would have been more authentic. Unless, of course, Pierre Granier-Deferre intended to prioritize romance and a certain optimism rising above the war. It is evident that he knew that period well, and this translates into the scenes where relief workers perform commendable work. Another meaningful and successful scene is when Anna tells a completely unaware Julien about the anti-Semitism in Germany.

Alongside Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider is once again enchantingly beautiful and excellent in her role.

Another surprising twist at the end.

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Just clearing up my digital recorder a bit. This film was still on it (recorded on ARTE) and it was quite moving, visually so powerful that it far exceeded my expectations. A war drama in which Northern French people flee deeper into the country by train at the outbreak of WWII to escape the advancing German army. The core of this story is the romance between the already married Julien and a German-Jewish refugee. A Trintignant, overwhelmed and confused by the situation, and a fragile (and ever-beautiful) Romy Schneider. The film evoked a lot of feelings in me that come with war situations: stress, fear, but also solidarity and a yearning for intimacy. You don't see the Germans, but the scene in which the train is attacked by a Stuka keeps the viewer on their toes: they are close. The ending is very powerful and indicates that no one remains untouched by a war.

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Magnificent film. At first, I thought it would be a detective story because it is based on the work of Georges Simenon. But besides Maigret, he wrote so-called 'hard novels,' and this film is based on such a more psychological novel. We see two great actors at work, and the chemistry between them does its job. It is a psychological film that also immediately depicts what it was like for people fleeing in France during World War II. It has a highly realistic character with the clever integration of documentary black-and-white footage from World War II. One of the highlights is the mirroring of the war as a surreal event: we see the humor among the refugees, a laugh, then laughing soldiers, a laughing Hitler in archival footage … and in the next scene, the train is fired upon by German planes resulting in a mass of deaths.

The film remains captivating thanks to the interaction between the two lead characters in unusual circumstances, the good direction, and the catchy score by Philippe Sarde. Yet, it is difficult to grasp which direction it will take, until the final scene finally hits like a sledgehammer blow.

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