The Station (1990)

It starts as a studio theatre: a good-natured, bit pedantic stationmaster performs his job at a railway station in the middle of nowhere. Eventually a beautiful, obviously very rich young ... See full summary »

Director:

Sergio Rubini

Writers:

Umberto Marino (play), Umberto Marino

Stars:

Sergio Rubini, Margherita Buy, Ennio Fantastichini

11 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Sergio Rubini	...	Domenico
Margherita Buy	...	Flavia
Ennio Fantastichini	...	Danilo
Michel Rocher
Beppe Tosco
Popeck	...	(as Jean Hébert)
Pietro Genuardi
Mariella Capotorto
Mariangélica Ayala	...	(as Mariangéla Ayala)
Nico Salatino
Gabriella Lunghi
Pierluigi Morizio

Storyline

It starts as a studio theatre: a good-natured, bit pedantic stationmaster performs his job at a railway station in the middle of nowhere. Eventually a beautiful, obviously very rich young woman enters the station and wants to buy a ticket. She has to wait, they start talking, get closer - high-society meets petty bourgeois. Then suddenly the mood turns around: the woman's fiance appears and tries to prevent the girl from leaving with increasing violence. The stationmaster interferes and the film becomes a thriller about a fight to the death.

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Plot Keywords:

railway | love triangle | minimal cast | train station | single set production | 

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Taglines:

Where Romance Has No Schedule

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Did You Know?

Connections

References The Shining (1980)

User Reviews

For lovers of romance, stormy nights and Italian railroad stations.

This is a great movie for atmosphere, the story unfolding during a single night in a desolate Italian railroad station. The timid and lonely manager settles in for his night watch, when a beautiful woman enters, enquiring about a train connection... It sounds like a stage play, which it originally was. But it works beautifully on screen. The isolated station building in the rainstorm, the romantic undercurrents between the two leads - and the sudden turn to suspense two-thirds in the plot. Rubini does an impressive job as both director and actor, and the rest of the cast is also good. But the atmosphere and "train romanticism" (as seen in Runaway Train) is the truly great thing here.

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

27 September 1990 (Italy)

Also Known As:

The Station

Filming Locations:

San Marco in Lamis, Foggia, Apulia, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fandango, Ministero del Turismo e dello Spettacolo

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)