Roman de Gare

Crossed Tracks French Roman de gare is a 2007 French film directed by Claude Lelouch who appears in credits as Herv Picard. The film follows a novelist, her ghost writer, and a wayward young woman as a chance encounter at a rest stop interrupts the delicate balance of their lives. French actor Dominique Pinon received wide praise for his rare turn as the films leading man. The title is French slang for trashy novel one reads in a train or train station similar to the English phrase airport novel.

The story turns on a series of mysterious identities. There is an escaped rapistkiller with a penchant for magic tricks. There is a man who has abandoned his family. And there is a writers assistant. Which of these three is the helpful stranger?He is especially suspicious as he begins secretly dictating into a recorder a story about a woman in danger. The man and woman travel from the rest stop to her parents home, where her daughter is also living. The woman herself lives in Paris and claims to be a hairdresser. The man bonds with the daughter and disappears with her for several hours... ........

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