Tickets (2005)

A train travels across Italy toward Rome. On board is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was, a family of Albanian refugees who switch trains and steal a ticket... See full summary »

Directors:

Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach,

Writers:

Abbas Kiarostami (screenplay), Paul Laverty (screenplay),

Stars:

Carlo Delle Piane, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Silvana De Santis

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carlo Delle Piane	...	Professor
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi	...	PR Lady
Silvana De Santis	...	Italian Lady
Filippo Trojano	...	Filippo
Martin Compston	...	Jamesy
Gary Maitland	...	Spaceman
William Ruane	...	Frank
Blerta Cahani	...	Girl
Klajdi Qorraj	...	Boy
Aishe Gjuriqi	...	Mother
Sanije Dedja	...	Grandmother
Kledi Salaj	...	Baby
Edmond Budina	...	Father
Danilo Nigrelli	...	Man With Mobile
Carolina Benvenga	...	Girl

Storyline

A train travels across Italy toward Rome. On board is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was, a family of Albanian refugees who switch trains and steal a ticket, three brash Scottish soccer fans en route to a match, and a complaining widow traveling to a memorial service for her late husband who's accompanied by a community-service volunteer who's assisting her. Interactions among these Europeans turn on class and nationalism, courtesy and rudeness, and opportunities for kindness.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Cinéma Public Films [fr]

Country:

Italy UK

Language:

Italian English German Albanian Persian

Release Date:

25 March 2005 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Bilety

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fandango, Medusa Produzione, Sixteen Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The form of the text that the Italian pharmacologist is writing on his laptop is inconsistent between the close-up shots and the longer-distance ones: the laptop is a Windows machine, and the longer-distance show the Windows operating system, but the close-ups are of the modern Macintosh operating system.

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Soundtracks

"The Celtic Song"
by Liam Mallory
(c) Onward Music Ltd

User Reviews

Train stories...

Tickets deals with three different visions on a train journey, following three different stories that in fact interact with each other. The first part of the movie could be quite boring if you consider that there are too many symbols, too many voice-over, and not enough action. But the whole story is well-written and has a real narrative force. The second story is also full of symbols...this old woman seems to carrie a burden...we feel her despair and sadness. The young man who accompanies her, does not say much...but rather show his feeling through his acts...and this will explain his final decision... I especially liked the third story, dealing with the three Scottish Guys and the refugee family...i won't tell too much.

This is a good movie.