La Fille du RER - intro song

Thanks to Westonelm for all the research on the song and film. Read his comments if you wanna know more about the film and soundtrack.

FILM: La Fille du RER (English: The Girl on the Train)
DIRECTOR: André Téchiné
MUSIC: Philippe Sarde
CAST: Catherine Deneuve, Émilie Dequenne, Nicolas Duvauchelle
YEAR: 2008

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• bagpipe
• bagpipes
• drums
• music
• philippe
• sarde

[SHINYamAHA21]

Westonelm,

exactly that's what i was saying and remember the BBluster...was saying..."you come here asking for European movie all the time,why don't you enjoy Americano instead of euro?" unbelievable...I don't see meaningful movies on theaters.

very boring.

[Westonelm]

SHINYamAHA21

Blockbuster wouldn't have this because the film "The Girl On The Train" (American title) is to be released on the 22nd January 2010 in the US. (although it has been viewed at the Mill Valley Film Festival (Oct 2009) and the (Starz Denver Film Festival ( Nov 2009). It has been on general release in France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands (during 2009) and viewed at festivals in the UK and Finland.).

Also there is no car chase so Blockbuster will definitely ban it !

[SHINYamAHA21]

W: you can write this to meg. The production would appreciate you a lot.

not many people coming here is the shame part.

my systems are mostlyl malfunctioned. I am waiting for J(went to Ohio) miserable days...BlockBluster would have this? He would say...moron movie again? hahahaha...chill~ I am in a joke mood.

good job BTW

[Westonelm]

A brief interview with Marie-Léonie Leblanc is available on YTube (from a TV show aired in Sept 2009) with the following title >

"Nicolas PALMA invité de Jean Marc Morandini sur Direct 8"

/watch?v=UC_CpIY1LrI (URL)

(She explains how years later the story has not been forgotten and follows her around and is referred to when she applies for a job or a decent place to live. Nicolas Palma defends her also. Hopefully the TV show helped people to understand her story with more compassion.)

[Westonelm]

A video with analysis from the time (2004 ) is available if you google the following

" Dailymotion Antisémitisme : pièges de l'emballement 1/2"

(The Marie-Léonie Leblanc affair is explored after about a minute.)

[Westonelm]

Thank you my friend SHINYamAHA21.

The movie denies at the end that this is related to a real event yet all French reviews of the film in March 2009 refer to the Marie-Léonie Leblanc event which is used as a starting point and made more dramatic. .

I appreciated certain shots of central Paris which isn't filmed so much now because it's expensive to get permission to do so.

(PS--A's father invented the famous UGC logo ---see The Girl On the Train (Trailer HD 2010)

[SHINYamAHA21]

Definitly!! West, you deserve some thanx..what a thorough research...

aha...aigooo...

A bientot~

[Westonelm]

A good photo (click to enlarge) of Marie-Léonie Leblanc (This time I have spelled her name correctly) can be seen if you google the following

" RER, ciné et faits divers RER B : Un train d'enfer"

Here she appears like a rabbit caught in the headlights of an oncoming car because there was huge (bur brief) press coverage in France at the time!

[Westonelm]

If you google the following and understand French you can read about the real story upon which the film is based >

"Agression du RER D, Marie, CRIF, LICRA, Agression du RER D"

On Friday the 9th of July 2004 Marie-Léonie Le Blanc a 23 year old mother claimed to have been attacked (13 month year old baby in her arms) in the northern outskirts of Paris on the RER D between Louvres and Sarcelles.

[Westonelm]

To comeonpelican,

The initials RER stand for " Résau Express Régional" (Regional express network). These are trains which bring people from the suburbs into Paris (a few stops in central Paris---often deep underground) emerging on to the other side (heading for other suburbs). Anyone wishing to get across Paris quickly can use them, instead of the métro ....especially lines RER A and RER B. (The others are slow.)