Roman de gare (2007)

Director:

Claude Lelouch

Writers:

Claude Lelouch (adaptation)
Claude Lelouch (screenplay)
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Release Date:

27 June 2007 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A popular novelist researches unlikely sources to find characters for her next bestseller.

Plot Keywords:

Pedophile | Falsely Accused | Drunk Scene | False Identity | Rifle

Awards:

1 nomination

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Cast

Dominique Pinon	...	Pierre Laclos / Louis
Fanny Ardant	...	Judith Ralitzer
Audrey Dana	...	Huguette
Michèle Bernier	...	Florence, la soeur
Myriam Boyer	...	La mère d'Huguette
Zinedine Soualem	...	Le commissaire
Boris Ventura	...	Alain (as Boris Ventura Diaz)
Marc Rioufol	...	Le propriétaire du vignoble
Thomas Le Douarec
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eve Bitoun
Rebecca Blanc
Jérôme Cachon
Marie-Victoire Debré
Eric Delcourt
Cyrille Eldin	...	Paul
Arlette Gordon	...	Herself / En personne
Sarah Lelouch
Shaya Lelouch
Gilles Lemaire	...	Le capitaine du bateau
William Leymergie	...	Le speaker radio (voice)
Serge Moati	...	Himself / En personne
Fred Musa
Dominique Pellissier
Bertrand Philippot
Marine Royer	...	Patricia
Ilva Scali
Bernard Werber	...	Himself / En personne

Directed by
Claude Lelouch

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Claude Lelouch		adaptation
Claude Lelouch		screenplay
Pierre Uytterhoeven		adaptation

Produced by
Dominique Combe	....	line producer
Jean-Paul De Vidas	....	executive producer
Claude Lelouch	....	producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Jaffray		(as Alex Jaffray)

Cinematography by
Gérard de Battista

Film Editing by
Charlotte Lecoeur
Stéphane Mazalaigue

Production Design by
François Chauvaud

Costume Design by
Marité Coutard

Makeup Department
Lucía Bretones-Méndez	....	key makeup artist
Paul de Fisser	....	key hair stylist
Agathe Moro	....	wigs: Fanny Ardant

Production Management
Stephan Arnoux	....	assistant unit manager
Rémi Bergman	....	production manager
Philippe Lenfant	....	unit production manager
Rémi Putoud	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dominique Combe	....	first assistant director
Vania Peirani-Vignes	....	assistant director

Art Department
Jean-Laurent Agrinier	....	property master (as Jean-Laurent Agrignier)
Enrique Castillo	....	builder
Jean-Luc Chauvaud	....	first assistant art director

Sound Department
Pascal Chauvin	....	sound
Harald Maury	....	sound
Ulric Maury	....	assistant sound
Fred Mays	....	post-synchronization
Franck Tassel	....	assistant foley artist

Visual Effects by
Elodie Glain	....	visual effects coordinator

Stunts
Gilles Cappelletto	....	stunt driver
Daniel Vérité	....	stunt coordinator
Julien Vérité	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Thierry Canu	....	key grip
Stéphane Degniau	....	camera operator (as Stéphane Degnieau)
Philippe de Vaucelle	....	second assistant camera (as Philippe de Vaucelles)
Roland Dondin	....	electrician
Dorothée Guermonprez	....	trainee assistant camera
Antoine Husson	....	grip
Jean Legrand	....	first assistant camera
Pascal Lombardo	....	electrician
Vania Peirani-Vignes	....	second assistant camera (as Vanya Peirani-Vignes)
Eric Robert	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Aïcha Abbès	....	costumer

Music Department
Cedric Denooz	....	music re-recording mixer

Other crew
Marie Bonalair	....	production administrator
Anne-Simone Diep	....	production administrator
Stéphane Krausz	....	making-of director
Marion Pin	....	script supervisor
Tia Sackada	....	production secretary (as Tia Sackda)

Thanks
Xavier Picard	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Les Films 13
• Canal+ (participation)

Distributors

• Les Films 13 (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Russian Report (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Samuel Goldwyn Films (2008) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)

Also Known As:

Crossed Tracks (USA) (festival title)
Tracks (Canada: English title) (informal title)

MPAA:

Rated R for brief language and sexual references.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Brazil:12 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Beaune, Côte-d'Or, France

Company:

Les Films 13

Two Perfect Crimes

Greetings again from the darkness. Excellent bit of storytelling and film-making from French master Claude Lelouche. This one has a bit of trickery in its approach and will force you to pay attention to details as you get the story and characters straight.

With some similarities (but not quite at the level of) "Swimming Pool", this one crawls inside the mind of a novelist and we are treated to quite a ride! Magicians, Serial Killers, Runaway husbands, Suicide, Murder, Romantic affairs, Pig slaughter, Family quarrels ... well you get the idea. This one has much to offer and will keep your attention as you attempt to assemble all the pieces.

Very strong acting from Dominique Pinon as Laclos. Pinon is not in the Hollywood tradition of leading men, but he is fascinating to behold. Myriam Boyer as the female lead is very strong in her less than balanced character who tries desperately to please her mother. Fanny Ardant has the pivotal role of the famous novelist, Judith Ralitzer, whose next novel brings all the characters to the cross tracks.

If you enjoy a complicated, multi-faceted story line and some offbeat characters, then you will probably find the same level of enjoyment that I found.