Directed by:
Claude LelouchScreenplay:
Claude LelouchCinematography:
Gérard de BattistaComposer:
Alexandre JaffrayCast:
Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant, Audrey Dana, Michèle Bernier, Myriam Boyer, Zinedine Soualem, Cyrille Eldin, Thomas Le Douarec, Serge Moati, Marc Rioufol (more)Plots(1)
True to its title, ROMAN DE GARE (CROSSED TRACKS) finds famed French director Claude Lelouch 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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Dominique Pinon
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Amélie (2001)
The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)
Fanny Ardant
France
Best movies:
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
The Family (1987)
Confidentially Yours (1983)
Audrey Dana
France
Best movies:
Welcome (2009)
Roman de Gare (2007)
Paris Follies (2014)
Michèle Bernier
France
Best movies:
Roman de Gare (2007)
Un homme et son chien (2008)
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
Myriam Boyer
France
Best movies:
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Zinedine Soualem
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
La Haine (1995)
Roman de Gare (2007)
Cyrille Eldin
Best movies:
Roman de Gare (2007)
Change of Plans (2009)
Victor (2009)
Thomas Le Douarec
Best movies:
Roman de Gare (2007)
Le Pari (1997)
Serge Moati
France
Best movies:
The 400 Blows (1959)
Roman de Gare (2007)
Allons z'enfants (1981)
Marc Rioufol
France
Best movies:
Roman de Gare (2007)
The Round Up (2010)
Nathalie... (2003)
Gilles Lemaire
Best movies:
Roman de Gare (2007)
Je m'appelle Bernadette (2011)
What War May Bring (2010)
Eve Bitoun
Best movies:
Roman de Gare (2007)
My Little Princess (2011)
Sartre: Years of Passion (2006) (TV movie)
Shaya Lelouch
Best movies:
Roman de Gare (2007)
Marine Royer
Best movies:
Roman de Gare (2007)
The Conquest (2011)
Passés troubles (2006) (TV movie)