One Night... A Train (1968)

Original title

Un soir, un train

Directed by

André Delvaux

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

e 10

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Professor Mathias leads a quiet life in Belgium, where his students debate Flemish nationalism. During a train trip, his French-speaking partner suddenly vanishes, sending him on a search through an unfamiliar city.

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What happens

One Night... A Train (French: Un soir, un train) is a 1968 Belgian-French drama film directed by André Delvaux, starring Yves Montand and Anouk Aimée. It tells the story of Mathias, a professor of linguistics at a university where the students have lively discussions about Flemish nationalism and morality. During a train ride, the French-speaking woman who Mathias lives with disappears and he goes looking for her in an unknown city. The film is based on the 1950 novel De trein der traagheid by Johan Daisne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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