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Starring Emilie Dequenne, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Blanc

Based on a play by Jean-Marie Besset, "The Girl on a Train" is inspired by one of the most media-blitzed and polarizing events in recent French history: a young woman’s lie about being the victim of an anti-semitic attack on a Paris suburban train. Jobless, soul-searching and rollerblading Jeanne (Rosetta’s Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Winner Emilie Dequenne,) lives in a Paris suburb with her widowed mother Louise, (Catherine Deneuve,) who makes a living as a baby-sitter. Louise helps her daughter get a job with her old flame Samuel Bleistein (Michel Blanc, Monsieur Hire, Grosse Fatigue), now a famous lawyer and Jewish activist. When Jeanne’s budding relationship with aspiring wrestler Franck (Nicolas Duvauchelle) is shattered by a violent turn of events, Jeanne and Bleistein’s opposite worlds get set on a collision course, as the film becomes a complex psychological drama raising issues of race, religion and identity.

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

• Official Selection, 2009 London International Film Festival
• Official Selection, 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival
• Official Selection, 2009 Hawaii International Film Festival

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ABOUT DIRECTOR ANDRE TECHINE

One of the most respected French directors of the last four decades, André Téchiné’s acclaimed films include Wild Reeds (winner of the 1995 Best Foreign Language Film award from the New York, National and Los Angeles Film Critics Circles), Les Voleurs (Thieves) and Strayed. A great director of actresses, Mr. Téchiné has had a long collaboration with Catherine Deneuve (My Favorite Season, Scene of the Crime, Les Voleurs, Changing Times and Hotel des Amériques). He began his film career as a critic for Cahiers du Cinéma and has been honored with retrospectives around the world including the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

Filmography:

2009 The Girl on the Train Dir., Scriptwriter André Téchiné
2006 Les Témoins (Witnesses) Dir., Scriptwriter André Téchiné
2004 Changing Times Dir., Scriptwriter André Téchiné
2002 Strayed (Les Egarés) Dir., Scriptwriter André Téchiné
2000 Far away (Loin) Dir., Scriptwriter André Téchiné
1998 Alice et Martin Dir., Scriptwriter André Téchiné
1996 Les Voleurs Dir., Scriptwriter André Téchiné
1994 Wild Reeds Dir., Scriptwriter, Adapt./Dial. André Téchiné
1993 My Favorite Season Dir., Scriptwriter André Téchiné
1991 I Don't Kiss Dir., Scriptwriter André Téchiné
1987 Innocents (Les) Dir. André Téchiné
1986 Le Lieu du Crime Dir., Adapt./Dial. André Téchiné
1985 Rendez-vous Dir., Scriptwriter André Téchiné
1981 Hôtel des Amériques Dir. André Téchiné
1979 Soeurs Brontë (Les) Dir., Scriptwriter André Téchiné
1977 Barocco Dir., Scriptwriter André Téchiné
1975 Souvenirs d'en France Dir. André Téchiné
1969 Paulina s'en va Dir. André Téchiné
1966 Brigitte and Brigitte Act. Luc Moullet

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SAT. 03/27 at 7:00PM
Stockton Empire Theatre

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CAST AND CREW

Director: André Téchiné
Screenwriter: Odile Barski, Jean-Marie Besset, André Téchiné
Producer: Saïd Ben Saïd
Cinematographer: Julien Hirsch
Editor: Martine Giordano
Music: William Flageollett
Principal Cast: Émilie Dequenne, Michel Blanc, Catherine Deneuve, Mathieu Demy

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