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Roman de Gare (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 60

Fresh: 53

Rotten:7

Average Rating: 7.1/10

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

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for brief language and sexual references

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release: Apr 25, 2008 Limited

Box Office: $1,735,301

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 fatal secrets. As the film opens, popular... 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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09/10/08
Nathaniel Rogers
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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.

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08/22/08
Jonathan F. Richards
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08/07/08
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review
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... 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
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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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
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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
Charlotte Observer
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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
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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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
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
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07/10/08
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News
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Even if the game isn't entirely successful, it's fun to play along.

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06/27/08
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald
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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
Austin Chronicle
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Roman de Gare is a sleek, attractive package made even more appealing by a trio of exquisite performers.

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06/08/08
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org
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As fizzy and non-nutritive as a glass of sparkling wine, Roman de Gare is a crowd-pleasing blend of romance, farce and mystery that plays out a little like a Ruth Rendell mystery novel with Rendell herself as the chief suspect.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
06/06/08
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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Forty years after his breakout success as a filmmaker, Claude Lelouch makes something of a comeback with his playful and sexy whodunit, Roman de Gare.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
06/06/08
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel
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Roman de Gare is the rare trick film in which all the tricks reveal something amusing, involving or poignant about its characters.

Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun | comment Comment
06/06/08
Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun
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Claude Lelouch's 'Roman de gare'('Crossed Tracks'): A seductive, compulsively watchable little cat-and-mouse game

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06/04/08
Joe Baltake
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With elements of road movie, thriller and comedy as well as other genres, Tracks possesses a freewheeling appeal.

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05/30/08
Richard Mowe
Boxoffice Magazine
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Lelouch and his longtime writing partner, Pierre Uytterhoeven, slyly exploit and subvert audience expectations.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
05/30/08
Andrea Gronvall
Chicago Reader
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Lelouch has a wicked yet playful sense of humor.

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05/27/08
Jeanne Kaplan
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You'll be wondering if you've inadvertently stumbled into a David Mamet movie, it's that well done.

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05/27/08
David Kaplan
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