Crossed Tracks

– The successful novelist Judith Ralitzer is interrogated in the police station about the disappearanc..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 43 Minutes
Release Year:
2007
Original Name:
Roman de gare
Crossed Tracks (2007) - Also known as Roman de gare

The successful novelist Judith Ralitzer is interrogated in the police station about the disappearance of her ghost-writer. A serial-killer escapes from a prison in Paris. A missing school teacher leaves his wife and children. In the road, the annoying and stressed hairdresser Hughette is left in a gas station by her fiancé Paul while driving to the poor farm of her family in the country. A mysterious man offers a ride to her and she invites him to assume the identity of Paul during 24 hours to not disappoint her mother. Who might be the unknown man and what is real and what is fiction?

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Release Date:

23 May 2008

Language:

French

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Claude Lelouch

Writer:

Claude Lelouch (original scenario), Pierre Uytterhoeven (adaptation), Claude Lelouch (adaptation)

Main Actors:

Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant, Audrey Dana, Michèle Bernier

Plot:

The successful novelist Judith Ralitzer is interrogated in the police station about the disappearance of her ghost-writer. A serial-killer escapes from a prison in Paris. A missing school teacher leaves his wife and children. In the road, the annoying and stressed hairdresser Hughette is left in a gas station by her fiancé Paul while driving to the poor farm of her family in the country. A mysterious man offers a ride to her and she invites him to assume the identity of Paul during 24 hours to not disappoint her mother. Who might be the unknown man and what is real and what is fiction?

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations.

Gross profit:

$1,735,301

Production:

Samuel Goldwyn Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
Metacritic:
71%