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Roman de Gare (2008)

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Reviews Counted:71

Fresh:62

Rotten:9

Average Rating:7.1/10

Consensus: Claude Lelouch has crafted an engaging thriller about murder and romance with plenty of stylistic panache.

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: True to its title, ROMAN DE GARE (CROSSED TRACKS) finds famed French director Claude Lelouch (UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME) jumping between time and loyalties in this suspenseful mystery about fate and... True to its title, ROMAN DE GARE (CROSSED TRACKS) finds famed French director Claude Lelouch (UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME) jumping between time and loyalties in this suspenseful mystery about fate and fatal secrets. As the film opens, popular crime novelist Judith Ralitzer (Fanny Ardant) finds herself at the receiving end of a police interrogation for two murders. We then learn about the escape of an actual serial killer known as "The Magician," who may already be lurking on the roads leading out of Paris. The road is where we find Huguette (Audrey Dana), a high-strung hairdresser who is soon abandoned by her enraged fiancé at a highway service station. Huguette is rescued by the unassuming Pierre (Dominique Pinon), who may or may not actually be the ghost writer responsible for Judith Ralitzer's success. Pierre pretends to be Huguette's fiancé so that her provincial parents and alienated daughter will think that Huguette has put her life in order. But even as Pierre wins the affection of Huguette and her family, his reliance on magic tricks may hint at a much darker secret. And when Pierre is reunited with the celebrity-absorbed Ralitzer, his intention to come out from her shadow and be his own author may force the star to construct a novel demise for her servant. Taking advantage of a superb cast and gorgeous French locations, Lelouch's veteran touch deftly manages ROMAN DE GARE's multiple layers of mystery and romance. The result is a pleasingly chic thriller grounded in a very human belief in the surprising possibilities that come from love. [More]

Starring: Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant, Audrey Dana, Zinedine Soualem

Starring: Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant, Audrey Dana, Zinedine Soualem, Michèle Bernier, Myriam Boyer, Boris Ventura Diaz, Marc Rioufol, Thomas Le Douarec

Director: Claude Lelouch

Director: Claude Lelouch
Screenwriter: Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
Producer: Claude Lelouch
Composer: Gilbert Becaud, Alex Jaffray
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films

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The air of Gallic nonchalance ensures you have a lot of fun watching Pinon and Ardant match wits. It's Dana, however, who anchors the story.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
11/14/08
Sandra Hall
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald

An engaging, enjoyable slice of suspense from the French.

Full Review Source: The Age (Australia) | comment Comment
11/14/08
Jim Schembri
Jim Schembri
The Age (Australia)

Is it supposed to be funny, tragic or what? Even the characters don't seem too sure.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
11/13/08
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

There's a lushness and emotional charge here that makes this very watchable. Don't expect poetry, though; it's more like a good crossword puzzle.

Full Review Source: MovieTime, ABC Radio National | comment Comment
11/07/08
Jason Di Rosso
Jason Di Rosso
MovieTime, ABC Radio National

It's surprising, enthralling, intriguing, blackly droll, and a rattling good yarn.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
11/07/08
Mark Demetrius
Mark Demetrius
FILMINK (Australia)

Red herrings abound and audience frustration sets in. It's a pity because the film looks good and the Gilbert Becaud songs on the soundtrack are easy on the ear.

Full Review Source: The Australian | comment Comment
11/07/08
David Stratton
David Stratton
The Australian

It’s filled with intriguing characters, it has a fascinating initial premise -- and then it runs off the rails.

Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment Comment
11/07/08
David Stratton
David Stratton
At the Movies (Australia)

The thriller elements that become the crucial threads in the third act are a bit clunky and the resolution is not convincing, either dramatically or romantically, but the film is nonetheless an entertaining journey

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/31/08
Andrew L. Urban
Andrew L. Urban
Urban Cinefile

Lelouch surprises us at every turn and we never know where the story is going to take us.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/31/08
Louise Keller
Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
10/18/08
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s too bad you can’t shove a new theatrical release into your beach bag, as if it were a well-worn paperback.

Full Review Source: Pajiba | comment Comment
09/10/08
Nathaniel Rogers
Nathaniel Rogers
Pajiba

Lelouch is now 71 years old, and I bet he's never had as much fun with a film. Roman de Gare threads plots and characters and twists together like a demented weaver.

Full Review Source: Film.com | comment Comment
08/22/08
Jonathan F. Richards
Jonathan F. Richards
Film.com

The ever-appealing Fanny Ardant and the enigmatic, pug-faced character actor Dominique Pinon have many subtle delights up their sleeves, and newcomer Audrey Dana is a revelation.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jonathan Kiefer
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review

... about the creation of fiction, the way we spin lies together into a simulacrum of life - if there's any philosophical point of view beyond that it's that every narrative is necessarily an abridgment of truth.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
08/01/08
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

What's especially clever about the plotting is that anything that proves to be merely a red herring is then incorporated into another storyline.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
07/24/08
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

If this kind of storytelling is your cup of absinthe, Claude Lelouch makes it easy to sip appreciatively.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
07/18/08
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

In many ways, Lelouch's film is -- in its somewhat old-fashioned way (which isn't a pejorative) -- the most bracing dose of cinema I've seen all year.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
07/16/08
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Provides one of the year's more memorable movie moments: a simple shot of a barn, overlaid with both the soothing crooning of a Gilbert Becaud pop song and the terrified squeals of a hog being slaughtered.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
07/11/08
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Even if the game isn't entirely successful, it's fun to play along.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
06/27/08
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald

It's intellectually cagey, potentially romantic, and, above all, an entertaining puzzle box of duplicitous people doing mysterious things, men and women.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
06/20/08
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
 
 
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