La Femme et le TGV (2016)
- Original title
- La femme et le TGV
- Directed by
- Timo von Gunten
- Genre
- short film
- Country
- Switzerland
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 30 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An elderly woman living beside a railway track exchanges waves with a passing TGV driver for years. She begins to find unexpected meaning in this small daily ritual.
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What happens
La femme et le TGV (English: The Railroad Lady) is a 2016 Swiss French-language short film directed by Timo von Gunten. It received critical acclaim and was nominated for many industry awards including the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017 with producer Giacun Caduff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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