Train de vie
Trenul vieții
Belgium / France / Israel / Netherlands / Romania,
1998, 103 min
Directed by:
Radu MihaileanuScreenplay:
Radu MihaileanuComposer:
Goran BregovicCast:
Lionel Abelanski, Rufus, Michel Muller, Agathe de La Fontaine, Luminița Gheorghiu, Marie-José Nat, Gad Elmaleh, Răzvan Vasilescu, Constantin Drăgănescu (more)Plots(1)
This comedy-drama is set in Central Europe during the summer of 1941. Yiddish-speaking Jews purchase a train, forge identity papers, and leave town. Posing as both prisoners and Nazis, they hope to reach Palestine via the Soviet Union, but problems arise when they encounter real Germans. (official distributor synopsis)
Reviews (1)
Train of Life is an intelligent, sophisticated and directorially original film. But it’s also cold. What you prefer is only up to you. I prefer the warmth of Roberto Benigni’s Life is Beautiful, for example.
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